German Ecocriticism in the Anthropocene

Caroline Schaumann,Heather I. Sullivan

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• Jahr: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781137542229
• Thema: Literature
• Thema: European Literary Criticism

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• List of Figures
• Preface: The Anthropocene and the Challenge of Cultural Difference
• Introduction
• Part I: Ecological Systems and Place in the Anthropocene
• Part II: Vibrant Matter: Rocks, Mines, Air, and Food
• Part III: Catastrophe, Crisis, and Cultural Exploitation
• Part IV: Genres in the Anthropocene
• Notes on Contributors
• Index