Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. This latest volume completes an indispensable trilogy." Geben Sie Ihre Mobiltelefonnummer ein, um die kostenfreie App zu beziehen. Describes major tensions within ecocriticism and addresses major criticisms of the movement. The jury added: "In an elegant, clear-speaking style, notably free of pretentious academic jargon, Dr. Buell cogently assesses Emerson's radically original contributions to fields of thought as disparate as science, politics, religion, philosophy, literature and social action. What directions has it taken on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond? Anyone interested in ecocriticism or environmentalism should read this text. "[12], "I am honored that my 'Emerson' has been chosen as this year's recipient of the Warren-Brooks Award," Buell said. Compilation of every sphere of ecocriticism. Economically and elegantly, Lawrence Buell develops an astutely judged overview of a richly diverse but crucially important movement in literary studies. Momentanes Problem beim Laden dieses Menüs. It looks to the future of ecocriticism, proposing that discourses of the environment should become a permanent part of literary and cultural studies. Ruth Glynn, University of Bristol, Modern Language Review. Finally, Buell looks to the future of ecocriticism, predicting that discourses of the environment will become a permanent part of literary and cultural studies. This manifesto summarizes the disparate critical practices that constitute "ecocriticism." Wiley-Blackwell; 1st Edition (August 19, 2005). There was a problem loading your book clubs. He won Warren- Brooks Award for outstanding literary criticism in 2003 for his book Emerson. This latest volume completes an indispensable trilogy." © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Um die Gesamtbewertung der Sterne und die prozentuale Aufschlüsselung nach Sternen zu berechnen, verwenden wir keinen einfachen Durchschnitt. The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology, The Anthropocene and the Humanities: From Climate Change to a New Age of Sustainability, Ecocriticism (Routledge Literature Readers), The Environmental Imagination: Thoreau, Nature Writing, and the Formation of American Culture, Tuiavii's Way : A South Sea Chief's Comments on Western Society. Another pioneer of Ecocriticism, Lawrence Buell spoke of “finding better ways of imaging nature and humanity’s relation to it” (The Environmental Imagination, 2). The Journeys We Wander: A literary fiction page-turner with a mysterious passion tw... A Law and Economics Approach to Litigation Costs: The Proportionality Test for E-Di... Golden Rule Libertarianism: A Defense of Freedom in Social, Economic, and Legal Policy, Alaric Thain's History of the 21st Century, "Where did ecocriticism spring from? 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So for that particular book to be awarded this prize in particular seems deliciously ironic." What is the meaning of “place” in a globalizing world? The previous works were primarily American in focus, while the new one begins in an Anglo-American context and broadens to a global literary scope. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Takes account of different ecocritical positions and directions. He shows how, from an initial focus on such genres as nature writing and nature poetry, ecocriticism has come to take all of literary history and discourse as its arena; and he addresses questions currently facing the discipline, such as: Why has the interest in environmental literary and cultural studies so quickly increased? The previous works were primarily American in focus, while the new one begins in an Anglo-American context and broadens to a global literary scope. Außerdem analysiert es Rezensionen, um die Vertrauenswürdigkeit zu überprüfen. Unable to add item to List. Written by one of the world&;s leading theorists in ecocriticism. Buell's brother Fred is a published poet and literary critic, and is a professor at Queens College, New York. Lawrence Buell, one of the world's leading theorists in ecocriticism, traces the ecocritical movement back to its roots in the 1970s, through its coalescence into a recognizable entity in the early 1990s, to its diversification and proliferation today. Can the nature-preservation emphasis of first-wave ecocriticism be reconciled with second-wave concerns with issues of environmental justice? Describes major tensions within ecocriticism and addresses major criticisms of the movement. Es wird kein Kindle Gerät benötigt. A critical summary of the emerging discipline of “ecocriticism”. [2], Buell served as the Harvard College Dean of Undergraduate Education from 1992–1996,[3][4] and later chaired the Department of English and American Literature and Languages. Finally, Buell looks to the future of ecocriticism, predicting that discourses of the environment will become a permanent part of literary and cultural studies. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Lawrence Ingalls Buell (born 1939) is Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature Emeritus at Harvard University, specialist on antebellum American literature and a pioneer of Ecocriticism. Preise inkl. "[12], He is widely considered a pioneer of Ecocriticism, although his 2005 book The Future of Environmental Criticism uses "Environmental Criticism" in lieu of ecocriticism in both the title and preface to the book, claiming his usage as a "strategic ambiguity" which distances his work from a "cartoon image" of the field "no longer applicable today, if indeed it ever really was. Use the Amazon App to scan ISBNs and compare prices. This manifesto summarizes the disparate critical practices that constitute “ecocriticism.” Lawrence Buell, one of the world’s leading theorists in ecocriticism, traces the ecocritical movement back to its roots in the 1970s, through its coalescence into a recognizable entity in the early 1990s, to its diversification and proliferation today. The Future of Environment... August 2009. His tenure as Dean of Undergraduate Education was unusual in setting the precedent of weekly, walk-in office hours open to all students. Finden Sie alle Bücher, Informationen zum Autor. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, Environmental & Natural Resources Law (Books). It describes major tensions within ecocriticism and addresses major criticisms of the movement. A deeply philosophical novel. He enrolled at Cornell University for Ph. The 13-digit and 10-digit formats both work. Please try again. Louise Westling, University of Oregon, “Buell (Harvard) is one of the US’s major voices on environmental criticism-.-a fairly recent area of literary and cultural studies known as “ecocriticism.” Several recent works have offered suggestions about how this movement or approach can be defined, but none addresses the subject so broadly, so authoritatively, and in such precise and carefully considered terms as this one does- Buell helped establish the terms for humanistic environmental writing with The Environmental Imagination (CR, Sep’95, 33-0121) and Writing for an Endangered World (CH, Nov01., 39-1386), and he perceives the present study as a “roadmap of trends, emphases, and controversies within green literary studies more generally.’ Comprising five brief chapters, all accessible and extraordinarily well informed, the book starts with a history of environmental criticism and writing; moves to a consideration of the relevant major writers involved in complicating its issues; considers its impact in terms of ethics and gender and of the judiciary and politics; and finally looks at its future, The glossary, full notes, and extended bibliography make it clear that the book’s main thrust is definitional, though Buell sees the study as more ‘essayistic” than definitive, Summing Up: Essential: All academic libraries.” T. Loe, SUNY Oswego, “Buell’s survey, framed by chapters about the emergence and possible future development of ecocriticism, organizes its material through a focus on issues of literary realism and representation in their relation to nature (chapter 2); the central role of place, space, and imagination for ecocritical thought (chapter 3); and a discussion of politics and ethics in ecocriticism that ranges from deep ecology to ecofeminism and environmental justice (chapter 4).