TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clark,Timothy
TI  - The Cambridge Introduction to Literature and the Environment
T2  - Cambridge Introductions to Literature
SN  - 9780511976261 (ebook)
AV  - PN98.E36 C53 2011
U1  - 809/.933553 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Ecocriticism
KW  - Nature in literature
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016)
N2  - The degrading environment of the planet is something that touches everyone. This 2011 book offers an introductory overview of literary and cultural criticism that concerns environmental crisis in some form. Both as a way of reading texts and as a theoretical approach to culture more generally, 'ecocriticism' is a varied and fast-changing set of practices which challenges inherited thinking and practice in the reading of literature and culture. This introduction defines what ecocriticism is, its methods, arguments and concepts, and will enable students to look at texts in a wholly new way. Boxed sections explain key critical terms and contemporary debates in the field with 'hands-on' examples and comparisons. Timothy Clark's thoughtful approach makes this an ideal first encounter with environmental readings of literature
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511976261
ER  -