Coming into Contact: Explorations in Ecocritical Theory And Practice
Language: English
Published by Univ of Georgia Pr, Bogart, Georgia, U.S.A., 2007
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- Title
- Coming into Contact: Explorations in Ecocritical Theory And Practice
- Author
- (various authors)
- Publisher
- Univ of Georgia Pr, Bogart, Georgia, U.S.A.
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Softcover
- Language
- English
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- 0820328863
- ISBN 13
- 9780820328867
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- 1st Paperback Edition.
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A snapshot of ecocriticism in action, Coming into Contact collects sixteen previously unpublished essays that explore some of the most promising new directions in the study of literature and the environment.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 also put ecocriticism into greater contact with the natural sciences, including elements of evolutionary biology, biological taxonomy, and geology. Engaging both ecocritical theory and practice, these authors more closely align ecocriticism with the physical environment, with the wide range of texts and cultural practices that concern it, and with the growing scholarly conversation that surrounds this concern.
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About the Author
ANN A. MERRILL is the Thomson Professor Emerita of Environmental Studies at Davidson College, where she taught in the English and Environmental Studies Departments for thirty years. She is coeditor of Coming into Contact: Explorations in Ecocritical Theory and Practice (Georgia) with Ian Marshall, Daniel J. Philippon, and Adam Sweeting. An avid gardener and flower enthusiast, she is committed to raising awareness about the crucial importance of plants both historically and today. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
Ian Marshall (Editor)
IAN MARSHALL is professor of English and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona. He is the author, most recently, of Peak Experiences: Walking Meditations on Literature, Nature, and Need and the coeditor of Coming into Contact: Essays in Ecocritical Theory and Practice (Georgia).
Daniel J. Philippon (Editor)
DANIEL J. PHILIPPON is an associate professor of rhetoric at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, where he is also director of the Program in Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Ethics. He is editor of a critical edition of Mabel Osgood Wright's The Friendship of Nature and coeditor of the anthology The Height of Our Mountains.
Adam W. Sweeting (Editor)
ADAM W. SWEETING, the author of Beneath the Second Sun and Reading Houses and Building Books, is an associate professor of humanities at Boston University, College of General Studies.
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