Title: The nature of cities
Description: ""Cities are often thought to be separate from nature, but recent trends in ecocriticism demand that we consider them as part of the total environment. This new collection of essays sharpens the focus on the nature of cities by exploring the facets of an urban ecocriticism, by reminding city dwellers of their place in ecosystems, and by emphasizing the importance of this connection in understanding urban life and culture. The Nature of Cities offers the ecological component often missing from cultural analyses of the city and the urban perspective often lacking in environmental approaches to contemporary culture. By bridging the historical gap between environmentalism, cultural studies, and urban experience, the book makes a statement of lasting importance to the development of the ecocritical movement.""--Publisher's description."
Subjects: English literature, Popular culture, Environmental literature, City and town life in literature, History and criticism, American literature, Cities and towns in literature, Nature in literature, Ecocriticism, Ecology in literature, Urban ecology, Urban ecology (Sociology), American literature, history and criticism, English literature, history and criticism, Criticism
Places: English-speaking countries