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oapen-20.500.12657-587942022-10-15T03:21:39Z Literature as Cultural Ecology Zapf, Hubert Literary theory Comparative literature bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DS Literature: history & criticism::DSA Literary theory This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Drawing on the latest debates in ecocritical theory and sustainability studies, Literature as Cultural Ecology: Sustainable Texts outlines a new approach to the reading of literary texts. Hubert Zapf considers the ways in which literature operates as a form of cultural ecology, using language, imagination and critique to challenge and transform cultural narratives of humanity’s relationship to nature. In this way, the book demonstrates the important role that literature plays in creating a more sustainable way of life. Applying this approach to works by writers such as Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Zakes Mda, and Amitav Ghosh, Literature as Cultural Ecology is an essential contribution to the contemporary environmental humanities. 2022-10-14T14:53:54Z 2022-10-14T14:53:54Z 2016 book ONIX_20221014_9781474274678_125 9781474274678 9781474274661 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58794 eng Environmental Cultures application/pdf n/a 9781474274678.pdf Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsbury Academic 10.5040/9781474274685 10.5040/9781474274685 066d8288-86e4-4745-ad2c-4fa54a6b9b7b 9781474274678 9781474274661 Bloomsbury Academic 288 London open access
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This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Drawing on the latest debates in ecocritical theory and sustainability studies, Literature as Cultural Ecology: Sustainable Texts outlines a new approach to the reading of literary texts. Hubert Zapf considers the ways in which literature operates as a form of cultural ecology, using language, imagination and critique to challenge and transform cultural narratives of humanity’s relationship to nature. In this way, the book demonstrates the important role that literature plays in creating a more sustainable way of life. Applying this approach to works by writers such as Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Zakes Mda, and Amitav Ghosh, Literature as Cultural Ecology is an essential contribution to the contemporary environmental humanities.
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