Ecocriticism on the edge

Ecocriticism on the edge: the anthropocene as a threshold concept

by Clark, Timothy

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The 21st century has seen an increased awareness of the forms of environmental destruction that cannot immediately be seen, localised or, by some, even acknowledged. This book explores the possibility of a new mode of critical practice, one fully engaged with the destructive force of the planetary environmental crisis.

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  • Full title :Ecocriticism on the edge : the anthropocene as a threshold concept / Timothy Clark.

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The 21st century has seen an increased awareness of the forms of environmental destruction that cannot immediately be seen, localised or, by some, even acknowledged. This book explores the possibility of a new mode of critical practice, one fully engaged with the destructive force of the planetary environmental crisis.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2015

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xi, 218 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781472505736, 1472505735, 9781472506481, 1472506480
  • oclc:ocn897016303
  • LC Classification:PN98.E36
  • Dewey Decimal:809.933553

Table of Contents

The anthropocene--questions of definition -- Imaging and imagining the whole Earth : the terrestrial as norm -- Emergent unreadability : rereading a lyric by Gary Snyder -- Scale framing -- Scale framing : a reading -- Postcolonial ecocriticism and de-humanizing reading : an Australian test case -- Anthropocene disorder -- Denial : a reading -- The tragedy that climate change is not 'interesting'.

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Subjects

Anthropocène Climat -- Changements, dans la littérat… Climatic changes in literature Ecocriticism Écocritique Écologie humaine -- Dans la littérature Ecology in literature Ekokritik Environmental responsibility Environmentalism in literature Environnementalisme dans la littérature Geology, Stratigraphic Geology, Stratigraphic -- Anthropocene Holocène Homme -- Influence sur la nature Human ecology in literature Klimatförändringar i litteraturen Literature Människans påverkan på naturen Miljörörelser i litteraturen

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Clark, Timothy

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