Recomposing ecopoetics: North American poetry of the self-conscious Anthropocene

"This book grapples with key cultural and environmental conundrums that confront us now: the scale of planetary change, toxicity, plastics, apocalypticism, human relations to nonhuman animals, place in a globalized world, and environmental justice issues. Analyzing work by contemporary North Am...

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Main Author: Keller, Lynn 1952- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville ; London University of Virginia Press [2017]
Edition:First published
Series:Under the sign of nature : explorations in ecocriticism
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
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Summary:"This book grapples with key cultural and environmental conundrums that confront us now: the scale of planetary change, toxicity, plastics, apocalypticism, human relations to nonhuman animals, place in a globalized world, and environmental justice issues. Analyzing work by contemporary North American poets ...from Evelyn Reilly and Juliana Spahr to Ed Roberson and Jena Osman...this study examines poetry of the "self-conscious Anthropocene," a period in which there is growing awareness of the scale and severity of human effects on the planet. This study brings cutting-edge work in ecocriticism to bear on a diverse archive of contemporary environmental poetry and offers the environmental humanities new ways to understand the cultural and affective dimensions of the Anthropocene" ...
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:xv, 284 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780813940618
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