Practical Ecocriticismis the first book to ground environmental
literature firmly in the life sciences, particularly evolutionary
biology, and to attempt to bridge the ever-widening gulf between
the "Two Cultures." Glen Love--himself one of the founders of
ecocriticism--argues that literary studies has been diminished by a
general lack of recognition for the vital role the biological
foundation of human life plays in cultural imagination. Love
presents with great clarity and directness an invaluable model for
how to incorporate Darwinian ideas--the basis for all modern
biology and ecology--into ecocritical thinking.
Beginning with an overview of the field of literature and
environment and its claim to our attention, and arguing for a
biologically informed theoretical base for literary studies, Love
then aims the lens of this critical perspective on the pastoral
genre and works by canonical writers such as Willa Cather, Ernest
Hemingway, and William Dean Howells. A markedly interdisciplinary
and refreshingly accessible work, Practical Ecocriticism will
interest and challenge the entire ecocritical community, as well as
humanists, social scientists, and others concerned with the current
rediscovery of human nature.
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