Extending ecocriticism
Crisis, collaboration and challenges in the environmental humanities
by Peter Barry, William Welstead
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This book explores the relevance and potential of the still-expanding field of ecocriticism across the wider humanities, at a time when writers and artists are increasingly experimenting with new ways of working and new ways of looking at the world around us. The editors invited contributions on these matters from authors across and beyond the humanities, encouraging them to interpret the brief in their own way. The resulting collection of essays is wide in scope, covering such topics as eco-focused writing about death, collaborations between artists, letter carvers and poets, the exploration of 'eco-art', and the application of ecocriticism to professional disciplines such as heritage interpretation and the visualisation of the visual impact of proposed windfarms. Further essays explore the creative response to the environment across issues ranging from the everyday environmental nuisance of discarded dog mess bags to the scientific and climate-change narratives emerging from the Antarctic. The resulting essays are accessible to general readers and will also inform undergraduates and those embarking on a research career in the environmental humanities. Additionally, the book will interest creative writers and artists, helping to inform their collaborative practice. Each chapter will be of special interest to practitioners and students of that discipline, as well as newcomers and interested enquirers. With the visual arts some essays take an alternative approach to that of classical narrative art history, and the literary essays often adopt a visual approach to the word, considering site-bound installations and scripts carved in stone as public art.
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This book explores the relevance and potential of the still-expanding field of ecocriticism across the wider humanities, at a time when writers and artists are increasingly experimenting with new ways of working and new ways of looking at the world around us. The editors invited contributions on these matters from authors across and beyond the humanities, encouraging them to interpret the brief in their own way. The resulting collection of essays is wide in scope, covering such topics as eco-focused writing about death, collaborations between artists, letter carvers and poets, the exploration of 'eco-art', and the application of ecocriticism to professional disciplines such as heritage interpretation and the visualisation of the visual impact of proposed windfarms. Further essays explore the creative response to the environment across issues ranging from the everyday environmental nuisance of discarded dog mess bags to the scientific and climate-change narratives emerging from the Antarctic. The resulting essays are accessible to general readers and will also inform undergraduates and those embarking on a research career in the environmental humanities. Additionally, the book will interest creative writers and artists, helping to inform their collaborative practice. Each chapter will be of special interest to practitioners and students of that discipline, as well as newcomers and interested enquirers. With the visual arts some essays take an alternative approach to that of classical narrative art history, and the literary essays often adopt a visual approach to the word, considering site-bound installations and scripts carved in stone as public art.
Author Biography
Peter Barry is Professor of English at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth;
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- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Publication Date October 2017
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781784994396 / 1784994391
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- Primary Price 110 USD
- ReadershipGeneral/trade; College/higher education; Professional and scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions234 X 156 mm
- Reference Code1368
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