{"product_id":"the-ecocriticism-reader-landmarks-in-literary-ecology-9780820317816","title":"The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ecocriticism Reader\u003c\/em\u003e is the first collection of its kind, an anthology of classic and cutting-edge writings in the rapidly emerging field of literary ecology. Exploring the relationship between literature and the physical environment, literary ecology is the study of the ways that writing both reflects and influences our interactions with the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn introduction to the field as well as a source book, \u003cem\u003eThe Ecocriticism Reader\u003c\/em\u003e defines ecological literary discourse and sketches its development over the past quarter-century. The twenty-five selections in this volume, a mixture of reprinted and original essays, look backward to origins and forward to trends and provide generally appealing and lucidly written examples of the range of ecological approaches to literature. Lists of recommended readings, relevant periodicals, and professional organizations offer direction for further study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ecocriticism Reader\u003c\/em\u003e is an illuminating entree into a field of study fully engaged with our most pressing contemporary problem--the global environmental crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCheryll Glotfelty (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CHERYLL GLOTFELTY is a professor of literature and the environment at the University of Nevada, Reno. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003eLiterary Nevada: Writings from the Silver State\u003c\/i\u003e and a coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Bioregional Imagination: Literature, Ecology, and Place\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a founding officer of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarold Fromm (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e HAROLD FROMM lives in Tucson and is University Associate in English at the University of Arizona as well as a member of the university's Institute of the Environment. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Being Human: From Environmentalism to Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAcademic Capitalism and Literary Value. \u003c\/i\u003eHis writings have appeared in a wide range of journals and he is a regular contributor to the \u003ci\u003eHudson Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527348785426,"sku":"9780820317816","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3e756d3d-b5b0-44c9-8f2d-8778ed966f9a.jpg?v=1731299040","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ecocriticism-reader-landmarks-in-literary-ecology-9780820317816","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}