Words for a Small Planet
Ecocritical Views
Preface by Annie M. Ingram Contributions by Eduardo Barros-Grela, Sylvie Housiel, Yomna Al-Abdulkareem, Chinyere Okafor, Colette Balmain, Hessa Al-Kahlan, Iman Adawy Hanafy, Christopher Justice, Anna E. Hiller, Federico A. Chalupa, Andrew Belyea Edited by Nanette Norris
Publication date:
21 November 2012Length of book:
238 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksDimensions:
237x159mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9780739171585
Ecocriticism has matured beyond nature writing, beyond writing about nature. The essays in this volume look at the broader cultural, historical, sociological, and psychological implications of ecology in written, visual, and sound culture. In keeping with our sense of a global community, these essays are representative of international scholarship on ecology and the environment, and display the range of insight of which this criticism is capable. Focusing on popular culture, this volume is in the vanguard of our collective reflections on the directions in which our various societies are going.
Words for a Small Planet is an important book that makes connections between traditional forms of eco-criticism and emerging, non-Western settings, texts, and frameworks. Anyone who studies and writes about literature and environment in the 21st Century needs to add this book to their collection!