Ecocriticism on the edge the anthropocene as a threshold concept /
"The twenty-first century has seen an increased awareness of the forms of environmental destruction that cannot immediately be seen, localized or, by some, even acknowledged. Ecocriticism on the Edge explores the possibility of a new mode of critical practice, one fully engaged with the destruc...
| Main Author: | Clark, Timothy, 1958- |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | ProQuest (Firm) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London :
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2015.
|
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xi, 218 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series: |
Ebook Central (EBC)
|
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
"The twenty-first century has seen an increased awareness of the forms of environmental destruction that cannot immediately be seen, localized or, by some, even acknowledged. Ecocriticism on the Edge explores the possibility of a new mode of critical practice, one fully engaged with the destructive force of the planetary environmental crisis. Timothy Clark argues that, in literary and cultural criticism, the "Anthropocene", which names the epoch in which human impacts on the planet's ecological systems reach a dangerous limit, also represents a threshold at which modes of interpretation that once seemed sufficient or progressive become, in this new counterintuitive context, inadequate or even latently destructive. The book includes analyses of literary works, including texts by Paule Marshall, Gary Snyder, Ben Okri, Henry Lawson, Lorrie Moore and Raymond Carver."--Bloomsbury Publishing. |
|---|---|
| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. "The twenty-first century has seen an increased awareness of the forms of environmental destruction that cannot immediately be seen, localized or, by some, even acknowledged. Ecocriticism on the Edge explores the possibility of a new mode of critical practice, one fully engaged with the destructive force of the planetary environmental crisis. Timothy Clark argues that, in literary and cultural criticism, the "Anthropocene", which names the epoch in which human impacts on the planet's ecological systems reach a dangerous limit, also represents a threshold at which modes of interpretation that once seemed sufficient or progressive become, in this new counterintuitive context, inadequate or even latently destructive. The book includes analyses of literary works, including texts by Paule Marshall, Gary Snyder, Ben Okri, Henry Lawson, Lorrie Moore and Raymond Carver."--Bloomsbury Publishing. The anthropocene -- questions of definition -- Imaging and imagining the whole earth : the terrestrial as norm -- Emergent unreadability : rereading a lyric by Gary Snyder -- Scale framing -- Scale framing : a reading -- Postcolonial ecocriticism and de-humanizing reading : an Australian test case -- Anthropocene disorder -- Denial : a reading -- The tragedy that climate change is not 'interesting'. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Available via World Wide Web. Users at some libraries may be required to establish an individual no-charge EBC account, and log in to access the full text. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xi, 218 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: |
Users at some libraries may be required to establish an individual no-charge EBC account, and log in to access the full text. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781472506702 1472506707 |