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Climate Change Fictions: Representations of Global Warming in American Literature
Antonia Mehnert
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Description for Climate Change Fictions: Representations of Global Warming in American Literature
Hardback. Series: Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
This book highlights the importance of the cultural sphere, and in particular literature, in response and discussion with the unprecedented phenomenon known as climate change. Antonia Mehnert turns to a set of contemporary American works of fiction, reading them as a unique response to the challenges of representing climate change. She draws on climate change fiction - texts dealing explicitly with anthropogenic climate change-and explores how these works convey climate change, deal with its challenging characteristics, and with what narrative techniques they ultimately participate in its communication. Indeed, a number of challenging traits make climate change a difficult issue ... Read more
This book highlights the importance of the cultural sphere, and in particular literature, in response and discussion with the unprecedented phenomenon known as climate change. Antonia Mehnert turns to a set of contemporary American works of fiction, reading them as a unique response to the challenges of representing climate change. She draws on climate change fiction - texts dealing explicitly with anthropogenic climate change-and explores how these works convey climate change, deal with its challenging characteristics, and with what narrative techniques they ultimately participate in its communication. Indeed, a number of challenging traits make climate change a difficult issue ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment
Condition
New
Weight
491g
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319403366
SKU
V9783319403366
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Ref
99-15
About Antonia Mehnert
Antonia Mehnert currently works in environmental communication and consulting for a Munich-based environmental project agency. She received her PhD from the Rachel Carson Center and the American Studies Department at the University of Munich, Germany. Her research interests include ecocriticism and climate change, Chicana/o studies, and the postcolonial Caribbean. She has published various articles on climate change fiction in academic, ... Read more
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