Beschreibung:
Laurence Coupe is Senior Lecturer in English at Manchester Metropolitan University, where he teaches a course in ecological literary theory. He is the author of the 'Ecocriticism' and 'Myth' sections of the Annotated Bibliography for English Studies, and the author of Myth (Routledge, 1997). For further information on this author please see laurencecoupe.co.uk
THE GREEN STUDIES READER IS A FANTASTICALLY COMPREHENSIVE SELECTION OF CRITICAL TEXTS WHICH ADDRESS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ECOLOGY, CULTURE AND LITERATURE. IT OFFERS A COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE GROWING AREA OF ECOCRITICISM. THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THIS FIELD ARE COVERED IN DEPTH, SUCH AS: -- ROMANTIC ECOLOGY AND ITS LEGACY-- THE EARTH, MEMORY AND THE CRITIQUE OF MODERNITY-- NATURE/CULTURE/GENDER-- ECOCRITICAL PRINCIPLES-- ENVIRONMENTAL LITERARY HISTORY-- THE NATURE OF THE TEXT