Coming into Contact: Explorations in Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Annie Merrill
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Description for Coming into Contact: Explorations in Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Paperback. Collects essays that explore some of the directions in the study of literature and the environment. This work looks to underexamined aspects of literature's relationship to the environment, including swamps, internment camps, Asian American environments, the urbanized Northeast, and lynching sites. Editor(s): Ingram, Annie Merrill; Marshall, Ian; Philippon, Daniel J.; Sweeting, Adam W. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
A snapshot of ecocriticism in action, ""Coming into Contact"" collects sixteen previously unpublished essays that explore some of the most promising new directions in the study of literature and the environment. They look to previously unexamined or underexamined aspects of literature's relationship to the environment, including swamps, internment camps, Asian American environments, the urbanized Northeast, and lynching sites. The authors relate environmental discourse to practice, including the teaching of green design in composition classes, the restoration of damaged landscapes, the persuasive strategies of environmental activists, the practice of urban architecture, and the impact of human technologies on nature. The essays ... Read more
A snapshot of ecocriticism in action, ""Coming into Contact"" collects sixteen previously unpublished essays that explore some of the most promising new directions in the study of literature and the environment. They look to previously unexamined or underexamined aspects of literature's relationship to the environment, including swamps, internment camps, Asian American environments, the urbanized Northeast, and lynching sites. The authors relate environmental discourse to practice, including the teaching of green design in composition classes, the restoration of damaged landscapes, the persuasive strategies of environmental activists, the practice of urban architecture, and the impact of human technologies on nature. The essays ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820328867
SKU
V9780820328867
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About Annie Merrill
Annie Merrill Ingram is an associate professor of English at Davidson College and former director of its Center for Interdisciplinary Studies. Ian Marshall, the author of Story Line and Peak Experiences, is a professor of English and coordinator of the environmental studies program at Pennsylvania State University, Altoona. Daniel J. Philippon, the author of Conserving Words (Georgia), is an associate ... Read more
Reviews for Coming into Contact: Explorations in Ecocritical Theory and Practice
This exciting new collection of cutting-edge ecocritical essays is rich with diligent scholarship and passionate social commentary. These essays show the continuing vibrancy, good humor, analytical acuity, and activist commitment that have always characterized this field, while adding new theoretical subtlety. - Scott Slovic, coeditor of What's Nature Worth? ""Coming into Contact plays at the rich, diverse, productive edges of ... Read more