| Romantic Ecocriticism: Origins and Legacies Contributor(s): Hall, Dewey W. (Editor), McKusick, James C. (Foreword by), Carman, Colin (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1498518036 ISBN-13: 9781498518031 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $56.42 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Gothic & Romance - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Nature |
| Dewey: 820.936 |
| Series: Ecocritical Theory and Practice |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9" (1.01 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Romantic Ecocriticism: Origins and Legacies is unique due to its rare assemblage of essays, which has not appeared within an edited collection before. Romantic Ecocriticism is distinct because the essays in the collection develop transnational and transhistorical approaches to the proto-ecological early environmental aspects in British and American Romanticism. First, the edition's transnational approach is evident through transatlantic connections such as, but are not limited to, comparisons among the following writers: William Wordsworth, William Howitt, and Henry D. Thoreau; John Clare and Aldo Leopold; Charles Darwin and Ralph W. Emerson. Second, the transhistorical approach of Romantic Ecocriticism is evident in connections among the following writers: William Wordsworth and Emily Bronte; Thomas Malthus and George Gordon Byron; James Hutton and Percy Shelley; Erasmus Darwin and Charlotte Smith; Gilbert White and Dorothy Wordsworth among others. Thus, Romantic Ecocriticism offers a dynamic collection of essays dedicated to links between scientists and literary figures interested in natural history. |