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    The Future of Environmental Criticism: Environmental Crisis and Literary Imagination
    The Future of Environmental Criticism: Environmental Crisis and Literary Imagination
    The Future of Environmental Criticism: Environmental Crisis and Literary Imagination
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    The Future of Environmental Criticism: Environmental Crisis and Literary Imagination

    By Lawrence Buell

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    Written by one of the world’s leading theorists in ecocriticism, this manifesto provides a critical summary of the ecocritical movement.
    • A critical summary of the emerging discipline of “ecocriticism”.
    • Written by one of the world’s leading theorists in ecocriticism.
    • Traces the history of the ecocritical movement from its roots in the 1970s through to its diversification and proliferation today.
    • Takes account of different ecocritical positions and directions.
    • Describes major tensions within ecocriticism and addresses major criticisms of the movement.
    • Looks to the future of ecocriticism, proposing that discourses of the environment should become a permanent part of literary and cultural studies.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWiley
    Release dateFeb 9, 2009
    ISBN9781405151979
    The Future of Environmental Criticism: Environmental Crisis and Literary Imagination
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    Lawrence Buell

    Deirdre M. Moloney is associate professor of history at Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania.

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