Modernism and its environments / Michael Rubenstein and Justin Neuman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rubenstein, Michael, 1971- author.

Neuman, Justin, author.

Series:

New modernisms series (Bloomsbury (Firm))

New modernisms series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modernism (Literature).

Modernism (Art).

Ecology in literature.

Ecology in art.

Environmentalism in literature.

Environmentalism in art.

Ecocriticism.

Physical Description:

x, 195 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Summary:

"Modernism and Its Environments surveys new developments in modernist studies inspired by ecocriticism and the environmental humanities. Taking a fresh view of familiar topics in modernist studies such as the city, this book also introduces new topics and perspectives on modernism, such as: nature and wilderness; conservation and preservation; energy and fuel; waste and pollution; the animal and the human; and weather and climate. Ecocritical and environmentalist approaches have fundamentally altered our understanding of both modernism and the field of modernist studies. This book accounts for the transformation, and offers readers a host of resources with which to continue exploring and rethinking. Covering a wide range of writers and artists including Edvard Munch, Paul Valéry, Robert Musil, A.A. Milne, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, J.R.R. Tolkien, Richard Wright, Elizabeth Bishop, Ralph Ellison, Olafur Eliasson, Zadie Smith, and Kate Tempest"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : what was a modern environment?

Grid modernism : the built environment

Power modernism : modern energy regimes

Wild modernism : the non-human world

Trash modernism : waste, by-product, and pollution.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781350076037

1350076031

9781350076020

1350076023

OCLC:

1114866019