Nature and Literary Studies

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-108-83676-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 438 Seiten, Format (B × H): 236 mm x 161 mm, Gewicht: 760 g

Reihe: Cambridge Critical Concepts

Nature and Literary Studies supplies a broad and accessible overview of one of the most important and contested keywords in modern literary studies. Drawing together the work of leading scholars of a variety of critical approaches, historical periods, and cultural traditions, the book examines nature's philosophical, theological, and scientific origins in literature, as well as how literary representations of this concept evolved in response to colonialism, industrialization, and new forms of scientific knowledge. Surveying nature's diverse applications in twenty-first-century literary studies and critical theory, the volume seeks to reconcile nature's ideological baggage with its fundamental role in fostering appreciation of nonhuman being and agency. Including chapters on wilderness, pastoral, gender studies, critical race theory, and digital literature, the book is a key resource for students and professors seeking to understand nature's role in the environmental humanities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Remien, Peter

Slovic, Scott

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: the Nature of Literature Peter Remien and Scott Slovic; Part I. Origins: 1. The book of nature Rebecca Davis; 2. Pastoral Terry Gifford; 3. Wilderness Debbie Lee; 4. Lucretian materialism Brent Dawson; 5. Natural philosophy Mary Thomas Crane; 6. Natural history Ashton Nichols; Part II. Development: 7. Romantic nature Marc Cladis; 8. The sublime Michele Speitz; 9. Toward a transatlantic philosophy of nature Samantha Harvey; 10. Indigenous naturecultures Rayson K. Alex; 11. Postcolonial nature Philip Aghoghovwia; 12. Extinction Timothy Sweet; 13. Nature in the Anthropocene Ken Hiltner; Part III. Applications: 14. Nature, gender, sexuality Greta Gaard; 15. Nature and race John Gamber; 16. The nature of animality Michael Lundblad; 17. Cultivating nature Shiuhhuah Serena Chou; 18. Narrating nature Erin James; 19. Digital nature Lai-Tze Fan; 20. Toxic nature Pramod K. Nayar; 21. Messages from within Serenella Iovino.

Über Autor(innen)

Slovic, Scott
Scott Slovic is University Distinguished Professor of Environmental Humanities at the University of Idaho. He was the founding president of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment and edited the journal ISLE for twenty-five years. His many books include Seeking Awareness in American Nature Writing (1992) and The Routledge Handbook of Ecocriticism and Environmental Communication (2019).

Remien, Peter
Peter Remien is an Associate Professor of English at Lewis-Clark State College in Idaho. His recent book The Concept of Nature in Early Modern English Literature (2019), published by Cambridge University Press, traces a genealogy of ecology in seventeenth-century literature and natural philosophy.