Nature in literary and cultural studies : transatlantic conversations on ecocriticism /

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Imprint:Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2006.
Description:1 online resource (490 pages)
Language:English
Series:Nature, culture and literature ; 03
Nature, culture and literature ; 03.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11151194
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Other authors / contributors:Gersdorf, Catrin.
Mayer, Sylvia.
ISBN:9781429456432
1429456434
9042020962
9789042020962
Notes:" ... extended versions of a selection of papers given at a conference at the University of Münster (Germany) in March 2004"--Page 13.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Nature in Literary and Cultural Studies is a collection of essays written by European and North American scholars who argue that nature and culture can no longer be thought of in oppositional, mutually exclusive terms. They are united in an effort to push the theoretical limits of ecocriticism towards a more rigorous investigation of nature's critical potential as a concept that challenges modern culture's philosophical assumptions, epistemological convictions, aesthetic principles, and ethical imperatives. This volume offers scholars and students of literature, culture, history, philosophy, a.
Other form:Print version: Nature in literary and cultural studies. Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2006 9789042020962 9042020962