German Ecocriticism in the Anthropocene
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Apr 19, 2017
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9781137559852
Description: This book offers essays on both canonical and non-canonical German-language texts and films, advancing ecocritical models for German Studies, and introducing environmental issues in German literature and film to a broader audience. This volume contextualizes the broad-ranging topics and authors in terms of the Anthropocene, beginning with Goethe and the Romantics and extending into twenty-first-century literature and film. Addressing the growing need for environmental awareness in an international humanities curriculum, this book complements ecocritical analyses emerging from North American and British studies with a specifically German Studies perspective, opening the door to a transnational understanding of how the environment plays an integral role in cultural, political, and economic issues.
Notes: Source title: German Ecocriticism in the Anthropocene (Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment)