Ecocriticism is one of the most vibrant fields of cultural study today, and environmental issues are controversial and topical. This volume captures the excitement of green reading, reflects on its relationship to the modern academy, and provides practical guidance for dealing with global scale, interdisciplinarity, apathy and scepticism.

Notes on Contributors Introduction and Timeline Ecocriticism and the 'Mission of English'; R.Kerridge PART I: SCOPING SCALES Walking in the Weathered World; A.Cassel Encountering Social-Constructivist Rhetoric; E.Giddens Teaching Romantic Ecology in Northern Canada; K.Hutchings Teaching the Ecocriticism/Poco Dialogue; E.James PART II: INTERDISCIPLINARY ENCOUNTERS Literature and Ecology; L.Westling Developing a Sense of Planet; U.K.Heise The Return of the Animal; B.H.Welling & S.Kapel Teaching Culture and Climate Change; G.Garrard & H.Gabriel PART III: GREEN CULTURAL STUDIES Teaching Green Cultural Studies and New Media; A.Lioi Teaching Ecocriticism and Cinema; A.Ivakhiv Practicing Deconstruction in an Age of Ecological Emergency; T.Morton Selected Bibliography Index

ADRIENNE CASSEL Associate Professor of English, Sinclair Community College, USA HAYDEN GABRIEL Programme Leader for Creative Writing, University College Plymouth, UK ELIZABETH GIDDENS Associate Professor of English, Kennesaw State University in Georgia, USA URSULA K. HEISE Professor of English, Director of the Program in Modern Thought & Literature, Stanford University, USA KEVIN HUTCHINGS Canada Research Chair in Literature, Culture, and Environmental Studies, University of Northern British Columbia, USA ADRIAN IVAKHIV Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Vermont, USA ERIN JAMES Assistant Professor of English, University of Nevada, Reno, USA RICHARD KERRIDGE Research Coordinator for the Humanities Faculty, Bath Spa University, UK ANTHONY LIOI Assistant Professor of Liberal Arts and English, Juilliard School, New York City, USA TIMOTHY MORTON Professor of English (Literature and the Environment), University of California, Davis, USA BART H. WELLING Associate Professor of English and Environmental Center Fellow, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, USA LOUISE WESTLING Professor of English and Environmental Studies, University of Oregon, USA