The Anthropocene has fundamentally changed the way we think about our
relation to nonhuman life and to the planet. This book is the first to
critically survey how the Anthropocene is enriching the study of
literature and inspiring contemporary poetry and fiction. Engaging
with topics such as genre, life, extinction, memory, infrastructure,
energy, and the future, the book makes a compelling case for
literature’s unique contribution to contemporary environmental
thought. It pays attention to literature’s imaginative and narrative
resources, and also to its appeal to the emotions and its relation to
the material world. As the Anthropocene enjoins us to read the signals
the planet is sending and to ponder the traces we leave on the Earth,
it is also, this book argues, a literary problem. Literature and the
Anthropocene maps key debates and introduces the often difficult
vocabulary for capturing the entanglement of human and nonhuman lives
in an insightful way. Alternating between accessible discussions of
prominent theories and concise readings of major works of Anthropocene
literature, the book serves as an indispensable guide to this exciting
new subfield for academics and students of literature and the
environmental humanities.
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ISBN
9781351005401
Publisert
2020
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Routledge
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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