In the 1970s the relationship between literature and the environment emerged as a topic of serious and widespread interest among writers and scholars. The ideas, debates, and texts that grew out of this period subsequently converged and consolidated into the field now known as ecocriticism.
A Century of Early Ecocriticism looks behind these recent developments to a prior generation's ecocritical inclinations. Written between 1864 and 1964, these thirty-four selections include scholars writing about the green aspects of literature as well as nature writers reflecting on the...
In the 1970s the relationship between literature and the environment emerged as a topic of serious and widespread interest among writers and schola...
"Take the woman whose usual occupation is a sedentary one," proclaimed Mary Crawford in 1909, "whose daily life is one of routine and who is constantly giving out to others her nervous energy. Put her on the train and send her to the mountains. She is going to know herself as never before--physically, mentally, emotionally. . . ." Women have known the challenges and triumphs of mountaineering for nearly two centuries, and for nearly as long they have been writing about their accomplishments, creating a fascinating, often thrilling literature of adventure and daring. As with other aspects...
"Take the woman whose usual occupation is a sedentary one," proclaimed Mary Crawford in 1909, "whose daily life is one of routine and who is constantl...
"Take the woman whose usual occupation is a sedentary one," proclaimed Mary Crawford in 1909, "whose daily life is one of routine and who is constantly giving out to others her nervous energy. Put her on the train and send her to the mountains. She is going to know herself as never before--physically, mentally, emotionally. . . ." Women have known the challenges and triumphs of mountaineering for nearly two centuries, and for nearly as long they have been writing about their accomplishments, creating a fascinating, often thrilling literature of adventure and daring. As with other aspects...
"Take the woman whose usual occupation is a sedentary one," proclaimed Mary Crawford in 1909, "whose daily life is one of routine and who is constantl...
..". Pour bien entendre en quoi consiste le pouvoir politique, et connaitre sa veritable origine, il faut considerer dans quel etat tous les hommes sont naturellement. C'est un etat de parfaite liberte, un etat dans lequel, sans demander de permission a personne, et sans dependre de la volonte d'aucun autre homme, ils peuvent faire ce qu'il leur plait, et disposer de ce qu'ils possedent et de leurs personnes, comme ils jugent a propos, pourvu qu'ils se tiennent dans les bornes de la loi de la Nature..." J. L."
..". Pour bien entendre en quoi consiste le pouvoir politique, et connaitre sa veritable origine, il faut considerer dans quel etat tous les hommes so...
This anthology looks beyond the recent interest in the relationship between literature and the environment to the earliest ecocritical works written between 1864 and 1964. Mazel argues that these early ecocritics played a crucial role in the development of environmentalism.
This anthology looks beyond the recent interest in the relationship between literature and the environment to the earliest ecocritical works written b...
