Beyond Nature Writing: Expanding the Boundaries of Ecocriticism (Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism)

Beyond Nature Writing: Expanding the Boundaries of Ecocriticism (Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism)

Beyond Nature Writing: Expanding the Boundaries of Ecocriticism (Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism)
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Editor: Karla Armbruster
Editor: Kathleen R. Wallace
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-05
ISBN: 0813920140
Number of pages: 372
Publisher: University of Virginia Press

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Book Review: beyond the green pale
Summary: 4 Stars

This book is still, 3 years after its publication, perhaps the best work about the nature of nature writing. It serves as a wonderful introduction to the growing field of ecocriticism and was a big source of inspiration and reference for me when writing my own such work concerning one small aspect of modern nature writing - Deep Immersion: The Experience of Water. Indeed, I credit my own good fortune to have had that recent book of mine nominated as top environmental book of the year, to the lessons in critrical thinking that I gleamed from a careful reading of Armbuster et al.'s book. Beyond Nature Writing is worthy of placement on any and every 'green' academic's shelf.

Summary of Beyond Nature Writing: Expanding the Boundaries of Ecocriticism (Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism)

Ecocriticism, a field of study that has expanded dramatically over the past decade, has nevertheless remained--until recently--closely focused on critical analyses of nature writing and literature of wilderness. Karla Armbruster and Kathleen R. Wallace push well beyond that established framework with this groundbreaking collection of essays by respected ecocritics and scholars from the literary and environmental arenas. Together, their work signals a new direction in the field and offers refreshingly original insights into a broad spectrum of texts.

Contributors Stacy Alaimo, University of Texas at Arlington Karla Armbruster, Webster University Michael Bennett, Long Island University Michael P. Branch, University of Nevada, Reno Thomas C. Crochunis, independent scholar Terrell F. Dixon, University of Houston Elizabeth Dodd, Kansas State University John Elder, Middlebury College Cheryll Glotfelty, University of Nevada, Reno Betsy S. Hilbert, Miami-Dade Community College, Kendall William C. Horne, Salisbury State University Mark T. Hoyer, Saint Mary's College of California Richard Kerridge, Bath Spa University College Lisa J. Kiser, The Ohio State University Diane Kelsey McColley, Rutgers University, Camden Patrick D. Murphy, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Rebecca Raglon, University of British Columbia Kent C. Ryden, University of Southern Maine Marian Scholtmeijer, University of British Columbia Adam Sweeting, Boston University H. Lewis Ulman, The Ohio State University Charlotte Zo? Walker, State University of New York, College at Oneonta Kathleen R. Wallace, independent scholar

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