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Paperback. This book presents an innovative and imaginative reading of contemporary Australian literature in the context of unprecedented ecological crisis.The Australian continent has seen significant, rapid changes to its cultures and land-use from the impact of British colonial rule, yet there is a rich history of Indigenous land-ethics and cosmological thought. By using the age-old idea of cosmosthe order of the worldto foreground ideas of a good order and chaos, reciprocity and more-than-human agency, this book interrogates the Anthropocene in Australia, focusing on notions of colonisation, farming, mining, bioethics, technology, environmental justice and sovereignty. It offers cosmological readings of a diverse range of authorsIndigenous and non-Indigenousas a challenge to the Anthropocenes decline-narrative. As a result, it reactivates cosmos as an ethical vision and a transculturally important counter-concept to the Anthropocene. Kathrin Bartha-Mitchell argues that the arts can help us envision radical cosmologies of being in and with the planet, and to address the very real social and environmental problems of our era.This book will be of particular interest to scholars and students of Ecocriticism, Environmental Humanities, and postcolonial, transcultural and Indigenous studies, with a primary focus on Australian, New Zealand, Oceanic and Pacific area studies. This book presents a detailed and innovative reading of contemporary Australian literature in the context of unprecedented ecological crisis. It will be of interest to scholars and students of ecocriticism, environmental humanities, and postcolonial and Indigenous studies. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…