Victorian sustainability in literature and culture / edited by Wendy Parkins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parkins, Wendy, editor.

Series:

Among the Victorians and modernists ; 5.

Among the Victorians and modernists ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservatism and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Conservatism and literature.

Conservatism and literature--United States--History--19th century.

History.

Great Britain.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 237 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Summary:

From a growing awareness of the depletion of energy resources and the perils of environmental degradation to the founding of self-sufficient communities and the establishment of the National Trust, the concept of sustainability began to take on a new importance in the Victorian period. An emerging sense of the fragility and instability of human and natural resources, and the deeply complex interweaving of the two, led many Victorians to consider how to preserve or protect what they valued, and how individuals, communities (or even nations) could survive and flourish in a world of finite resources. This collection explores not only nascent understandings of sustainability in ecological or environmental contexts but also encompasses consideration of the problem of psychological sustainability and emotional wellbeing in response to the upheavals of modernity. With chapters by scholars working in literary studies, history, cultural studies, and sustainability studies, the volume encompasses a wide diversity of topics, objects, and authors ranging from the 1850s to the early twentieth century. Victorian Sustainability offers new perspectives on debates about sustainability in the present by showing how our current concerns derive from an earlier historical context.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1472470982

9781472470980

OCLC:

980223028