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Climate Change and the Contemporary Novel (Hardcover): Adeline Johns-Putra

Climate Change and the Contemporary Novel (Hardcover)

Adeline Johns-Putra

Series: Cambridge Studies in Twenty-First-Century Literature and Culture

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Climate change is becoming a major theme in the contemporary novel, as authors reflect concerns in wider society. Given the urgency and enormity of the problem, can literature (and the emotional response it provokes) play a role in answering the complex ethical issues that arise because of climate change? This book shows that conventional fictional techniques should not be disregarded as inadequate to the demands of climate change; rather, fiction has the potential to challenge us, emotionally and ethically, to reconsider our relationship to the future. Adeline Johns-Putra focuses on the dominant theme of intergenerational ethics in the contemporary novel: that is, the idea of our obligation to future generations as a basis for environmental action. Rather than simply framing parenthood and posterity in sentimental terms, the climate change novel uses their emotional appeal to critique their anthropocentricism and identity politics, offering radical alternatives instead.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Cambridge Studies in Twenty-First-Century Literature and Culture
Release date: March 2019
Authors: Adeline Johns-Putra
Dimensions: 235 x 158 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 978-1-108-42737-1
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmentalist thought & ideology
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Social impact of environmental issues > General
LSN: 1-108-42737-5
Barcode: 9781108427371

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