A Century of Early Ecocriticism
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Book Description
In the 1970s the relationship between literature and the environment began to emerge as a topic of serious and widespread interest among writers and scholars. Their ideas, debates, and texts subsequently converged and consolidated into the Weld now known as ecocriticism.
This anthology looks past these recent developments to the earliest ecocritical inclinations in the writings of authors dating back more than a century. Written between 1864 and 1964, these selections by thirty-four writers represent scholars who wrote about the "green" aspects of literature as well as nature writers who rejected on the act of writing itself.
In his introduction, David Mazel argues that these early "ecocritics" played a crucial role in both the development of environmentalism and the academic study of American literature and culture. Filled with provocative, still-timely ideas, A Century of Early Ecocriticism demonstrates that our concern with the natural world has long informed our approach to literature.
About the Author
David Mazel is an assistant professor of English at Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado. He is the author of American Literary Environmentalism(Georgia) and editor of Mountaineering Women: Stories by Early Climbers. Contributors Lyman Abbott Alfred Austin Mary Austin John Burroughs William Carpenter Charles Prescott Daniels Harold S. Deming Fannie Eckstorm Havelock Ellis Norman Foerster William Henry Hudson Richard Jefferies
A Century of Early Ecocriticism,David Mazel,University of Georgia Press,0820322229,American - General,American literature,Conservation of natural resour,Conservation of natural resources in literature,Environmental Conservation & Protection - General,Environmental protection in li,History and criticism,Literary Criticism,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Literature: Classics,Nature in literature,Environmentalist thought & ideology,Literary studies: general,Other prose: 19th century,Other prose: from c 1900 -,USA
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