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Anglophone Literature and Culture in the Anthropocene
Gina Comos
(editor),
Caroline Rosenthal
(editor),
Newcastle upon Tyne
:
Cambridge Scholars Press
,
2019
17528394
2019
anthology
criticism
'Defined as an ecological epoch in which humans have the most impact on the environment, the Anthropocene poses challenging questions to literary and cultural studies. If, in the Anthropocene, the distinction between nature and culture increasingly collapses, we have to rethink our division between historiography and natural history, as well as notions of the subject and of agency since the Enlightenment.
'This anthology collects papers from literary and cultural studies that address various issues surrounding the topic. Even though the new epoch seems to require a collective self-understanding as a unified species, readings of the Anthropocene and conceptualizations of human-nature relationships largely differ in Anglophone literatures and cultures. These differing perspectives are reflected in the structure of this book, which is divided into five separate sections: the introductory part familiarizes the reader with the concept and the challenges it poses for the humanities in general and for literary and cultural studies in particular, and the three following sections combine broader, more theoretical, essays with in-depth critical readings of US, Canadian, and Australian representations of the Anthropocene in literature. The final part moves beyond literature to include media theoretical perspectives and discussions of photography and cinema in the Anthropocene.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Press , 2019 pg. 158-175
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y
Anglophone Literature and Culture in the Anthropocene
Gina Comos
(editor),
Caroline Rosenthal
(editor),
Newcastle upon Tyne
:
Cambridge Scholars Press
,
2019
17528394
2019
anthology
criticism
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- Doctor Wooreddy's Prescription for Enduring the Ending of the World 1983 single work novel
- On the Beach 1957 single work novel
- The Sea and Summer 1987 single work novel
- The Swan Book 2013 single work novel