The New Pastoral in Contemporary British Writing

ISBN-13: 9781032088006 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 168 str.

Deborah Lilley

Opis

This book identifies a major turn in contemporary British literature in response to environmental crisis. It argues that the pastoral is emerging as a new critical framework in which to explore the understanding of people and place in this context.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Pastoral and Ecology in Contemporary British Writing  2. Taking Care: Pastoral and New British Nature Writing  3. Pastoral Relations: People, Place, and Nature in Contemporary British Literary Fiction  4. Uncertain Nature: Environmental Crisis in Pastoral  5. Conclusion: The New Pastoral in Twenty-First Century Britain

O autorze

Deborah Lilley has taught at Royal Holloway, University of London, and the University of San Francisco