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Consolations of Nature : Human-Nature Connections in Modern and Contemporary Anglophone Literature / edited by Šárka Bubíková, Bożena Kucała and Beata Piątek.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
- Nature, Culture and Literature ; 20.
- Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026
- Nature, Culture and Literature ; 20
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization--History.
- Civilization.
- Cultural Studies.
- English & Anglophone.
- Literary Relations.
- Literature and Cultural Studies.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (239 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Human-Nature Connections in Modern and Contemporary Anglophone Literature
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Amidst the ongoing ecological crisis and other civilisational threats, this book adopts a tentatively optimistic and affirmative attitude to human-nature relations. The selection of early twentieth- and twenty-first century texts analysed by the contributors offers instances of the hopeful and restorative effects of human-nature encounters. Uniquely invoking the traditional concept of consolation, the authors demonstrate that the (re)turn to nature, which is typically a response to a personal or social challenge, takes different forms, ranging from nostalgia, escapism, anthropomorphic fantasies, transformative immersion in the wild coupled with environmental concerns, to personal testimonies, fictions about gardening, conservation, and environmental justice. From Conrad’s nostalgic yearning for the natural harmony inherent to sailing, the Kibbo Kift movement as a post-World War I programme of physical and moral regeneration, to contemporary celebration of a feminist hydrocommons and Black American farmers seeking justice through cultivating land, the chapters explore various attempts at overcoming the human-nature dualism, which, ultimately, inspires a cautiously hopeful outlook.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-74411-8
- 9789004744110
- OCLC:
- 1561174014
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004744110 DOI
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