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Literature and the Anthropocene (Paperback)
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Literature and the Anthropocene (Paperback)
Series: Literature and Contemporary Thought
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The Anthropocene has fundamentally changed the way we think about
our relation to nonhuman life and to the planet. This book is the
first to critically survey how the Anthropocene is enriching the
study of literature and inspiring contemporary poetry and fiction.
Engaging with topics such as genre, life, extinction, memory,
infrastructure, energy, and the future, the book makes a compelling
case for literature's unique contribution to contemporary
environmental thought. It pays attention to literature's
imaginative and narrative resources, and also to its appeal to the
emotions and its relation to the material world. As the
Anthropocene enjoins us to read the signals the planet is sending
and to ponder the traces we leave on the Earth, it is also, this
book argues, a literary problem. Literature and the Anthropocene
maps key debates and introduces the often difficult vocabulary for
capturing the entanglement of human and nonhuman lives in an
insightful way. Alternating between accessible discussions of
prominent theories and concise readings of major works of
Anthropocene literature, the book serves as an indispensable guide
to this exciting new subfield for academics and students of
literature and the environmental humanities.
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