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Ecocritical Explorations in Literary and Cultural Studies: Fences, Boundaries, and Fields

Ecocritical Explorations in Literary and Cultural Studies: Fences, Boundaries, and Fields

Murphy, Patrick D.

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Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 0739131745
ISBN13: 9780739131749
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Oct 26 2010
Pages: 230
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

In Ecocritical Explorations, Patrick D. Murphy explores environmental literature and environmental cultural issues through both theoretical and applied criticism. He engages with the concepts of referentiality, simplicity, the nation state, and virtual reality in the first section of the book, and then goes on to interrogate these issues in contemporary environmental literature, both American and international. He concludes his argument with a discussion of the larger frames of family dynamics and un-natural disasters, such as hurricanes and global warming, ending with a chapter on the integration of scholarship and pedagogy in the classroom, with reference to his own teaching experiences.

Murphy's study provides a wide ranging discussion of contemporary literature and cultural phenomena through the lens of ecological literary criticism, giving attention to both theoretical issues and applied critiques. In particular, he looks at popular literary genres, such as mystery and science fiction, as well as actual disasters and disaster scenarios. Ecocritical Explorations in Literary and Cultural Studies is a timely contribution to ecological literary criticism and an insightful look into how we represent our relationship with the environment.

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