Literature, Ecology, Ethics

Recent Trends in Ecocriticism

edited by Timo Muller and Michael Sauter

Book cover: Literature, Ecology, Ethics

Extent: 300 pages

Publisher: Universitätsverlag Winter

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: Anglistische Forschungen

Series volume number: 432

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2012)

ISBN: 9783825361105

6.5 x 9.65 inches

Price: $47.00

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The volume takes stock of the various extensions the growing field of ecocriticism has seen over the last decade or so. Contributions from 15 specialists examine the increasing theoretical and methodological self-reflection of the field, its expanding range of literary analysis across canonical, thematic, and national boundaries, as well as the interdisciplinary perspectives that have developed around it. The volume stresses two aspects in particular: the ethical questions raised by ecocritical inquiry and the importance and variability of close reading as a core technique of ecocritical analysis. It includes a selection of representative case studies from American, French, Italian, and Spanish literature.

  • Edited by Timo Muller
  • Edited by Michael Sauter