Transatlantic Literary Ecologies

Nature and Culture in the Nineteenth-Century Anglophone Atlantic World

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Transatlantic Literary Ecologies by , Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781317087274
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: November 18, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781317087274
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: November 18, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Opening a dialogue between ecocriticism and transatlantic studies, this collection shows how the two fields inform, complement, and complicate each other. The editors situate the volume in its critical contexts by providing a detailed literary and historical overview of nineteenth-century transatlantic socioenvironmental issues involving such topics as the contemporary fur and timber trades, colonialism and agricultural "improvement," literary discourses on conservation, and the consequences of industrial capitalism, urbanization, and urban environmental activism. The chapters move from the broad to the particular, offering insights into Romanticism’s transatlantic discourses on nature and culture, examining British Victorian representations of nature in light of their reception by American writers and readers, providing in-depth analyses of literary forms such as the adventure novel, travel narratives, and theological and scientific writings, and bringing transatlantic and ecocritical perspectives to bear on classic works of nineteenth-century American literature. By opening a critical dialogue between these two vital areas of scholarship, Transatlantic Literary Ecologies demonstrates some of the key ways in which Western environmental consciousness and associated literary practices arose in the context of transatlantic literary and cultural exchanges during the long nineteenth century.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Opening a dialogue between ecocriticism and transatlantic studies, this collection shows how the two fields inform, complement, and complicate each other. The editors situate the volume in its critical contexts by providing a detailed literary and historical overview of nineteenth-century transatlantic socioenvironmental issues involving such topics as the contemporary fur and timber trades, colonialism and agricultural "improvement," literary discourses on conservation, and the consequences of industrial capitalism, urbanization, and urban environmental activism. The chapters move from the broad to the particular, offering insights into Romanticism’s transatlantic discourses on nature and culture, examining British Victorian representations of nature in light of their reception by American writers and readers, providing in-depth analyses of literary forms such as the adventure novel, travel narratives, and theological and scientific writings, and bringing transatlantic and ecocritical perspectives to bear on classic works of nineteenth-century American literature. By opening a critical dialogue between these two vital areas of scholarship, Transatlantic Literary Ecologies demonstrates some of the key ways in which Western environmental consciousness and associated literary practices arose in the context of transatlantic literary and cultural exchanges during the long nineteenth century.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Inter-Organizational Collaboration by Design by
Cover of the book Transatlantic Sensations by
Cover of the book Twenty-First Century Bollywood by
Cover of the book The Politics of Japanese Defense: Managing Internal and External Pressures by
Cover of the book Intimate Partner Violence, Risk and Security by
Cover of the book The Rhetorical Word by
Cover of the book Funding Democratization by
Cover of the book Historians of Economics and Economic Thought by
Cover of the book A Handbook of Techniques for Formative Evaluation by
Cover of the book The Secondary Whole-school Audit by
Cover of the book Victorian Women Poets by
Cover of the book Reading Fabliaux by
Cover of the book Political Culture in Libya by
Cover of the book The International Handbook of School Effectiveness Research by
Cover of the book Marginalisation in China by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy