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The Future of Environmental Criticism
Environmental Crisis and Literary Imagination
Lawrence Buell
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The Future of Environmental Criticism
Environmental Crisis and Literary Imagination
Lawrence Buell
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Written by one of the world's leading theorists in ecocriticism, this manifesto provides a critical summary of the ecocritical movement.
- A critical summary of the emerging discipline of "ecocriticism".
- Written by one of the world's leading theorists in ecocriticism.
- Traces the history of the ecocritical movement from its roots in the 1970s through to its diversification and proliferation today.
- Takes account of different ecocritical positions and directions.
- Describes major tensions within ecocriticism and addresses major criticisms of the movement.
- Looks to the future of ecocriticism, proposing that discourses of the environment should become a permanent part of literary and cultural studies.
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