Few terms have garnered more attention recently in the sciences,
humanities, and public sphere than the Anthropocene, the proposed
epoch in which a human "signature" appears in the
lithostratigraphic record. Anthropocene Reading considers the
implications of this concept for literary history and critical
method. Entering into conversation with geologists and geographers,
this volume reinterprets the cultural past in relation to the
anthropogenic transformation of the Earth system while showcasing
how literary analysis may help us conceptualize this geohistorical
event. The contributors examine how a range of literary texts, from
The Tempest to contemporary dystopian novels to the poetry of Emily
Dickinson, mediate the convergence of the social institutions,
energy regimes, and planetary systems that support the reproduction
of life. They explore the long-standing dialogue between
imaginative literature and the earth sciences and show how
scientists, novelists, and poets represent intersections of
geological and human timescales, the deep past and a posthuman
future, political exigency and the carbon cycle. Accessibly written
and representing a range of methodological perspectives, the essays
in this volume consider what it means to read literary history in
the Anthropocene. Contributors include Juliana Chow, Jeffrey Jerome
Cohen, Thomas H. Ford, Anne-Lise Francois, Noah Heringman, Matt
Hooley, Stephanie LeMenager, Dana Luciano, Steve Mentz, Benjamin
Morgan, Justin Neuman, Jennifer Wenzel, and Derek Woods.
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