Future of Environmental Criticism

Written by one of the world's leading theorists in ecocriticism, this manifesto provides a critical summary of the ecocritical movement.

• A critical summary of the emerging discipline of "ecocriticism".
  
• Written by one of the world's leading theorists in ecocriticism.
  
• Traces the history of the ecocritical movement from its roots in the 1970s through to its diversification and proliferation today.
  
• Takes account of different ecocritical positions and directions.
  
• Describes major tensions within ecocriticism and addresses major criticisms of the movement.
  
• Looks to the future of ecocriticism, proposing that discourses of the environment should become a permanent part of literary and cultural studies.

Author: Buell
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 08/01/2005
Pages: 206
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.06w x 0.62d
ISBN13: 9781405124768
ISBN10: 1405124768
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American | General
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory

About the Author
Lawrence Buell is Professor of English at Harvard University. He is best known for his two previous books on environmental criticism, The Environmental Imagination (1995) and Writing for an Endangered World (2001). His book on Emerson (2003) was also widely admired.