Currents of the Universal Being (Paperback)

Scott Slovic

ISBN 10: 0896729281 / ISBN 13: 9780896729285

Published by Texas Tech Press,U.S., Texas, 2015

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Paperback. Energy scholar Vaclav Smil wrote in 2003, Tug at any human use of energy and you will find its effects cascading throughout society. Too often public discussions of energy-related issues become gridlocked in debates concerning cost, environmental degradation, and the plausibility (or implausibility) of innovative technologies. But the topic of energy is much broader and deeper than these debates typically reveal.The literature of energy bears this outand takes the notion further, revealing in vivid stories and images how energy permeates the fundamental nature of existence. Readings in this collection encompass a wide array of topics, from addiction to oil to life off the grid, from the power of the atom to the power of bicycle technology. Presenting a wide array of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and interviewsranging from George Eliot's nineteenth-century novel Mill on the Floss to Sandra Steingraber's recent writing on the subject of frackingthis first-of-its-kind anthology aims to capture the interest of the general reader as well as to serve as a potential textbook for college-level writing classes or environmental studies classes that aspire to place the technical subject of energy into a broader cultural context. Presenting a wide array of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, this first-of-its-kind anthology aims to capture the interest of the general reader as well as to serve as a potential textbook for college-level writing classes or environmental studies classes that aspire to place the technical subject of energy into a broader cultural context. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Currents of the Universal Being (Paperback)
• Publisher: Texas Tech Press,U.S., Texas
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0896729281
• ISBN 13: 9780896729285
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Energy scholar Vaclav Smil wrote in 2003, “Tug at any human use of energy and you will find its effects cascading throughout society.” Too often public discussions of energy-related issues become gridlocked in debates concerning cost, environmental degradation, and the plausibility (or implausibility) of innovative technologies. But the topic of energy is much broader and deeper than these debates typically reveal. The literature of energy bears this out―and takes the notion further, revealing in vivid stories and images how energy permeates the fundamental nature of existence. Readings in this collection encompass a wide array of topics, from addiction to oil to life “off the grid,” from the power of the atom to the power of bicycle technology. Presenting a wide array of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and interviews―ranging from George Eliot’s nineteenth-century novel Mill on the Floss to Sandra Steingraber’s recent writing on the subject of fracking―this first-of-its-kind anthology aims to capture the interest of the general reader as well as to serve as a potential textbook for college-level writing classes or environmental studies classes that aspire to place the technical subject of energy into a broader cultural context.

About the Authors

Scott Slovic is professor of literature and environment and chair of the English department at the University of Idaho. He has published more than two hundred articles in the field of ecocriticism and written, edited, or co-edited twenty-one books.

James E. Bishop is teaching assistant professor of liberal arts and international studies at the Colorado School of Mines, where he teaches courses in environmental philosophy, public policy, and engineering ethics.

Kyhl Lyndgaard is director of the Writing Center and First-Year Seminar at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University. His publications include articles in Great Plains Quarterly, Green Theory & Praxis, and ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment.