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Ecocriticism and Geocriticism: Overlapping Territories in Environmental and Spatial Literary Studies
Robert T. Tally (Ed.)
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Description for Ecocriticism and Geocriticism: Overlapping Territories in Environmental and Spatial Literary Studies
Paperback. "Ecocriticism and Geocriticism: Overlapping Territories in Environmental and Spatial Literary Studies presents an interdisciplinary collection of essays which address the complementary and contested aspects of these related, but sometimes conflicting, approaches to literature, cultural, and society in the twenty-first century"-- Editor(s): Tally, Robert T., Jr.; Battista, Christine M. Series: Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 292.
Although treated as two distinct schools of thought, ecocriticism and geocriticism have both placed emphasis on the lived environment, whether through social or natural spaces. For the first time, this interdisciplinary collection of essays addresses the complementary and contested aspects of these approaches to literature, culture, and society.
Although treated as two distinct schools of thought, ecocriticism and geocriticism have both placed emphasis on the lived environment, whether through social or natural spaces. For the first time, this interdisciplinary collection of essays addresses the complementary and contested aspects of these approaches to literature, culture, and society.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349559145
SKU
V9781349559145
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99-15
About Robert T. Tally (Ed.)
Robert T. Tally Jr. is Associate Professor of English at Texas State University, USA. He is the author of Fredric Jameson: The Project of Dialectical Criticism; Poe and the Subversion of American Literature; Spatiality (The New Critical Idiom); Utopia in the Age of Globalization; and, as editor, Geocritical Explorations, Literary Cartographies, and The Geocritical Legacies of Edward W. Said. ... Read more
Reviews for Ecocriticism and Geocriticism: Overlapping Territories in Environmental and Spatial Literary Studies
This book's most notable achievement is its interdisciplinary synthesis of the disciplines of literature and geography more broadly. The wide-ranging scope of the literature considered is certainly a strength of work, ranging from North Atlantic environmental multimedia and practice-based poetry to gothic writing and world literature. Through careful handling, the collection moves critically between post colonialism and ecology, psychoanalysis, ecofeminism ... Read more