Reading the earth
Subtitle: new directions in the study of literature and environment
By: edited by Michael P. Branch ... [et al.].
Contributors: Branch, Michael P.; Association for the Study of Literature and Environment
Publisher: University of Idaho Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Moscow, Idaho
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: American literature -- History and criticism.; Environmental literature -- History and criticism.; English literature -- History and criticism.; Environmental protection in literature.; Environmental policy in literature.; Ecology in literature.; Nature in literature.
Description: Ecocriticism is a scholarly approach to literature that is rapidly building momentum and legitimacy because of its usefulness as a means of inquiry into the relationship between human culture and the nonhuman world. This collection of original essays suggests ways in which creative, informed examination of the vital connections between literature and the physical environment can enrich the value of contemporary literary studies both for academics and general readers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Essays based on lectures and papers delivered at the first conference of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment.