Places that the map can’t contain: Poetics in the Anthropocene

Contributions by Juana Adcock Contributions by Gerardo Beltran Contributions by Grzegorz Czemiel Contributions by Julia Fiedorczuk Contributions by Gabriela Jauregui Contributions by Joanna Mąkowska Contributions by Tanure Ojaide Contributions by Paweł Piszczatowski Contributions by Zoë Skoulding Contributions by Patryk Szaj Contributions by Anja Utler Edited by Julia Fiedorczuk Edited by Paweł Piszczatowski

Book cover: Places that the map can’t contain: Poetics in the Anthropocene

Extent: 235 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: Culture - Environment - Society

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(July 2023)

ISBN: 9783847115892

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $82.00

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Inspired by Lynn Keller’s notion of “the self-conscious Anthropocene,” the book sets out to consider poetry as a privileged space for rethinking our basic epistemological assumptions.


Inspired by Lynn Keller’s notion of “the self-conscious Anthropocene,” the book sets out to consider poetry as a privileged space for rethinking our basic epistemological assumptions. Poetry does not have the kind of agency a direct political intervention has; in fact, as W. H. Auden famously put it, “poetry makes nothing happen.” On the other hand, poetry is crucial when it comes to awakening our individual and collective imagination. Considering the statement by Lawrence Buell that the current ecological crisis is, in the first place, a crisis of the imagination, this function of poetry comes through as particularly important.

  • Contributions by Juana Adcock
  • Contributions by Gerardo Beltran
  • Contributions by Grzegorz Czemiel
  • Contributions by Julia Fiedorczuk
  • Contributions by Gabriela Jauregui
  • Contributions by Joanna Mąkowska
  • Contributions by Tanure Ojaide
  • Contributions by Paweł Piszczatowski
  • Contributions by Zoë Skoulding
  • Contributions by Patryk Szaj
  • Contributions by Anja Utler
  • Edited by Julia Fiedorczuk
  • Edited by Paweł Piszczatowski