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Sheep are marginalised in literary criticism and in discussion of
pastoral literature. This book brings an animal studies approach to
poetry about sheep that allows for the agency of these sentient
beings, that have been associated for humans over ten thousand
years. This approach highlights the distinction between wild and
domesticated species and the moral dilemma between the goals of
animal welfare and those of saving species from extinction.
Discussion of mostly contemporary poetry follows a new reading of
works from the pastoral and georgic canon. Allowing for the
sentience and sociality of this species makes it easier to imagine
a natureculture within which to make kin across the species
boundary. Reading poetry about sheep has the power to make new
meanings as we try to adapt to an increasingly complex and
problematic environment. -- .
This volume of essays explores the scope for a further extension of
ecocriticism across the environmental humanities. Contributors, who
include both established academics and early career researchers in
the humanities, were given free rein to interpret the brief. The
collection is unusual in that it considers collaboration between
individuals both in the same discipline and across creative
disciplines. Subjects include familiar environments close to home
and those such as Iceland and Antarctica, where narratives of
climate, geology and ecology provide a stark backdrop to creative
output. A further innovation is the inclusion of essays on public
art, natural heritage interpretation and the visualisation and
aesthetic impact of wind farms. The book will be of interest to
writers, artists, students and researchers in the environmental
humanities and those with a general interest in the cultural
response to the environment. -- .
This volume of essays explores the scope for a further extension of
ecocriticism across the environmental humanities. Contributors, who
include both established academics and early career researchers in
the humanities, were given free rein to interpret the brief. The
collection is unusual in that it considers collaboration between
individuals both in the same discipline and across creative
disciplines. Subjects include familiar environments close to home
and those such as Iceland and Antarctica, where narratives of
climate, geology and ecology provide a stark backdrop to creative
output. A further innovation is the inclusion of essays on public
art, natural heritage interpretation and the visualisation and
aesthetic impact of wind farms. The book will be of interest to
writers, artists, students and researchers in the environmental
humanities and those with a general interest in the cultural
response to the environment. -- .
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