The nature essay: ecocritical explorations
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Beteilige Person: Schröder, Simone 1986- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Hochschulschrift/Dissertation Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston Brill Rodopi 2019
Schriftenreihe:Nature, culture and literature Band 14
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004389274
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004389274
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004389274
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004389274
Abstract:The Nature Essay: Ecocritical Exploration's is the first extended study of a powerful literary form born out of the traditions of Enlightenment and Romanticism. It traces the varied stylistic paradigms of the 'nature essay' down to the present day. Reading essays as platforms for ecological discourse, the book analyses canonical and marginalised texts, mainly from German, English and American literature. Simone Schroeder argues that the essay's environmental impact is rooted in its negotiation of scientific, poetic, spiritual, and ethical modes of perceiving nature. Together, the chapters on these four aspects form a historical panorama of the nature essay as a genre that continues to flourish in our time of ecological crisis
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 230 Seiten)
ISBN:9789004389274
DOI:10.1163/9789004389274