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An Ecological and Postcolonial Study of Literature: From Daniel Defoe to Salman Rushdie - Softcover

Marzec, R.

 
9781349537068: An Ecological and Postcolonial Study of Literature: From Daniel Defoe to Salman Rushdie

Synopsis

This book argues that humanity's relationship to the land has undergone a fundamental and calamitous change. Marzec reveals how the historical phenomenon known as the 'enclosure movement' has effected not only the ecosystems and the geopolitics of the Twenty-First century, but on how we relate to the earth and conceive of ourselves as human.

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About the Author

ROBERT MARZEC is Associate Professor of English Literature, Postcolonial Studies, Global Studies, and Contemporary Criticism at the State University of New York at Fredonia, USA.

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