| A Century of Early Ecocriticism Contributor(s): Mazel, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0820322229 ISBN-13: 9780820322223 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2001 Annotation: In the 1970s the relationship between literature and the environment began to emerge as a topic of serious and widespread interest among writers and scholars. Their ideas, debates, and texts subsequently converged and consolidated into the field now known as ecocriticism. This anthology looks past these recent developments to the earliest ecocritical inclinations in the writings of authors dating back more than a century. Written between 1864 and 1964, these selections by thirty-four writers represent scholars who wrote about the "green" aspects of literature as well as nature writers who reflected on the act of writing itself. In his introduction, David Mazel argues that these early"ecocritics" played a crucial role in both the development of environmentalism and the academic study of American literature and culture. Filled with provocative, still-timely ideas, A Century of Early Ecocriticism demonstrates that our concern with the natural world has long informed our approach to literature. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00030216 |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6" W x 9" (1.02 lbs) 376 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the 1970s the relationship between literature and the environment emerged as a topic of serious and widespread interest among writers and scholars. The ideas, debates, and texts that grew out of this period subsequently converged and consolidated into the field now known as ecocriticism. A Century of Early Ecocriticism looks behind these recent developments to a prior generation's ecocritical inclinations. Written between 1864 and 1964, these thirty-four selections include scholars writing about the "green" aspects of literature as well as nature writers reflecting on the genre. In his introduction, David Mazel argues that these early "ecocritics" played a crucial role in both the development of environmentalism and the academic study of American literature and culture. Filled with provocative, still timely ideas, A Century of Early Ecocriticism demonstrates that our concern with the natural world has long informed our approach to literature. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mazel, David: - DAVID MAZEL is an assistant professor of English at Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado, and editor of Mountaineering Women: Stories by Early Climbers. |