| The Ecology of Wonder in Romantic and Postmodern Literature 2016 Edition Contributor(s): Economides, Louise (Author) |
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ISBN: 1137482621 ISBN-13: 9781137482624 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $94.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 820.914 |
| LCCN: 2015039300 |
| Series: Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.05" W x 8.71" (0.86 lbs) 214 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book traces the aesthetic of wonder from the romantic period through contemporary philosophy and literature, arguing for its relevance to ecological consciousness. Most ecocritical scholarship tends to overshadow discussions of wonder with the sublime, failing to treat these two aesthetic categories as distinct. As a result, contemporary scholarship has conflated wonder and the sublime and ultimately lost the nuances that these two concepts conjure for readers and thinkers. Economides illuminates important differences between these aesthetics, particularly their negotiation of issues relevant to gender-based and environmental politics. In turn, readers can utilize the concept of wonder as an open-ended, non-violent framework in contrast to the ethos of domination that often surrounds the sublime. |