The Green Studies Reader: From Romanticism to Ecocriticism - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415204070 ISBN 13: 9780415204071

Publisher: Routledge, 2000

Synopsis

Green Studies is a booming area for study and The Green Studies Reader is a fantastically comprehensive selection of critical texts which address the connection between ecology, culture, and literature. It offers a complete guide to the growing area of 'ecocriticism' and a wealth of material on green issues from the romantic period to the present.
Included are extracts from today's leading ecocritics and figures from the past who pioneered a green approach to literature and culture. This Reader sets the agenda for Green Studies and encourages a reassessment of development of criticism and offers readers a radical view of its future.

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About the Author

Laurence Coupe is Senior Lecturer in English at Manchester Metropolitan University, where he teaches a course in ecological literary theory. He is the author of the 'Ecocriticism' and 'Myth' sections of the Annotated Bibliography for English Studies, and the author of Myth (Routledge, 1997). For further information on this author please see www.laurencecoupe.co.uk

From the Back Cover

THE GREEN STUDIES READER IS A FANTASTICALLY COMPREHENSIVE SELECTION OF CRITICAL TEXTS WHICH ADDRESS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ECOLOGY, CULTURE AND LITERATURE. IT OFFERS A COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE GROWING AREA OF ECOCRITICISM. THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THIS FIELD ARE COVERED IN DEPTH, SUCH AS:
-- ROMANTIC ECOLOGY AND ITS LEGACY
-- THE EARTH, MEMORY AND THE CRITIQUE OF MODERNITY
-- NATURE/CULTURE/GENDER
-- ECOCRITICAL PRINCIPLES
-- ENVIRONMENTAL LITERARY HISTORY
-- THE NATURE OF THE TEXT

APPEARING IN THE COLLECTION ARE EXTRACTS FROM TODAY'S LEADING ECOCRITICS AS WELL AS FIGURES FROM THE PAST WHO PIONEERED A GREEN APPROACH TO LITERATURE AND CULTURE. AS A WHOLE THE READER ENCOURAGES A REASSESSMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICISM AND OFFERS A RADICAL PROSPECT FOR ITS FUTURE. THE BOOK INCLUDES EXTRACTS FROM: WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, HENRY DAVID THOREAU, JOHN RUSKIN, WILLIAM MORRIS, VIRGINIA WOOLF, D. H. LAWRENCE, THEODOR ADORNO, MARTIN HEIDEGGER, RAYMOND WILLIAMS, THEODORE ROSZAK, CLAUDE LEVI-STRAUSS, JEAN-FRANCOIS LYOTARD, JONATHAN BATE, KATE SOPER, GARY SNYDER, TERRY GIFFORD, LOUISE WESTLING, RICHARD KERRIDGE, AND JHAN HOCHMAN.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415204070
• ISBN 13: 9780415204071
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Coupe Laurence