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The Story of My Heart

by Richard Jefferies, Terry Tempest Williams, Brooke Williams, Scott Slovic ...

**"The Williamses anchor Jefferies' profound inquiry to our churning world and illuminate their own passionate quests for truth and understanding."—BOOKLIST, starred reviewWhile browsing a Stonington, Maine, bookstore, Brooke Williams and Terry Tempest Williams discovered a rare copy** of an exquisite autobiography by nineteenth–century British nature writer Richard Jefferies, who develops his ... Read more

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**"The Williamses anchor Jefferies' profound inquiry to our churning world and illuminate their own passionate quests for truth and understanding."—BOOKLIST, starred reviewWhile browsing a Stonington, Maine, bookstore, Brooke Williams and Terry Tempest Williams discovered a rare copy** of an exquisite autobiography by nineteenth–century British nature writer Richard Jefferies, who develops his
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Imagining Ecocatastrophe

Reading Literary and Cultural Texts in the Global Context

Edited by Scott Slovic, Joyjit Ghosh, Samit Kumar Maiti ...

This volume examines scholarly perspectives on eco-imaginaries, focusing in particular on how eco-catastrophes have been represented in literature and different visual forms, including film, television and cartoons, among other cultural media. It draws on literary genres such as science fiction, climate fiction, speculative fiction, petrofiction, post-apocalyptic narratives and nuclear fiction to ... Read more

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This volume examines scholarly perspectives on eco-imaginaries, focusing in particular on how eco-catastrophes have been represented in literature and different visual forms, including film, television and cartoons, among other cultural media. It draws on literary genres such as science fiction, climate fiction, speculative fiction, petrofiction, post-apocalyptic narratives and nuclear fiction to
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Ecodisaster Imaginaries in India

Essays in Critical Perspectives

by Tajuddin Ahmed, Sharada Allamneni, Risha Baruah, Debajyoti Biswas, Sonalika Chaturvedi, Shruti Das, Joydip Ghosh, Samrat Laskar, Debabrata Modak, Dheeraj Pandey, Ashwarya Samkaria0, Devapriya Sanyal1, Tarakeshwar Senapati2, Dona Soman3, Sk Tarik Ali4, Renu Bhadola Dangwal5, Richa Joshi Pandey6, Roshan Raj Singh7, Goutam Buddha Sural8, Joyjit Ghosh9, Samit Kumar Maiti1, Scott Slovic3, Shreya Bhattacharji5 ...

Series series Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Ecodisaster Imaginaries in India: Essays in Critical Perspectives is a volume of critical essays that discuss and debate the literary and cultural representations of ecological/environmental disaster in India from the perspectives that are integral to postcolonial disaster studies and the environmental humanities. The essays offer theoretically informed readings of environmental fiction, ... Read more

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Ecodisaster Imaginaries in India: Essays in Critical Perspectives is a volume of critical essays that discuss and debate the literary and cultural representations of ecological/environmental disaster in India from the perspectives that are integral to postcolonial disaster studies and the environmental humanities. The essays offer theoretically informed readings of environmental fiction,
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Embodied Memories, Embedded Healing

New Ecological Perspectives from East Asia

by Xinmin Liu, Peter I-min Huang, Kiu-wai Chu, Xian Huang, Young-Hyun Lee, Hua Li, Jialuan Li, Kenichi Noda, Iris Ralph0, Lili Song1, David Wang2, Qingqi Wei3, Philip F. Williams4, Xin Ning5, Kathryn Yalan Chang6, Sijia Yao7, Simon Estok8, Scott Slovic9, Ban Wang0 ...

Series series Environment and Society
Embodied Memories, Embedded Healing critically engages with the major East Asian cultural knowledge, beliefs, and practices that influence environmental consciousness in the twenty-first century. This volume examines key thinkers and aspects of Daoist, Confucianist, Buddhist, indigenous, animistic, and neo-Confucianist thought. With a particular focus on animistic perspectives on environmental ... Read more

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Embodied Memories, Embedded Healing critically engages with the major East Asian cultural knowledge, beliefs, and practices that influence environmental consciousness in the twenty-first century. This volume examines key thinkers and aspects of Daoist, Confucianist, Buddhist, indigenous, animistic, and neo-Confucianist thought. With a particular focus on animistic perspectives on environmental
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The Bloomsbury Handbook to the Medical-Environmental Humanities

Edited by Scott Slovic, Swarnalatha Rangarajan, Vidya Sarveswaran ...

Series series Bloomsbury Handbooks
Bringing together two parallel and occasionally intersecting disciplines - the environmental and medical humanities - this field-defining handbook reveals our ecological predicament to be a simultaneous threat to human health. The book:· Represents the first collection to bring the environmental humanities and medical humanities into conversation in a systematic way· Features contributions from a ... Read more

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Bringing together two parallel and occasionally intersecting disciplines - the environmental and medical humanities - this field-defining handbook reveals our ecological predicament to be a simultaneous threat to human health. The book:· Represents the first collection to bring the environmental humanities and medical humanities into conversation in a systematic way· Features contributions from a
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Nature and Literary Studies

Edited by Peter Remien, Scott Slovic ...

Series series Cambridge Critical Concepts
Nature and Literary Studies supplies a broad and accessible overview of one of the most important and contested keywords in modern literary studies. Drawing together the work of leading scholars of a variety of critical approaches, historical periods, and cultural traditions, the book examines nature's philosophical, theological, and scientific origins in literature, as well as how literary ... Read more

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Nature and Literary Studies supplies a broad and accessible overview of one of the most important and contested keywords in modern literary studies. Drawing together the work of leading scholars of a variety of critical approaches, historical periods, and cultural traditions, the book examines nature's philosophical, theological, and scientific origins in literature, as well as how literary
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Turkish Ecocriticism

From Neolithic to Contemporary Timescapes

by Fatma Aykanat, Burcu Baykan, Jeanne Dubino, Yusuf Eradam, Meliz Ergin, Ezgi Hamzaçebi, Pelin Kümbet, Emre Koyuncu, Donna Landry, Aleksandar Shopov, Louise Westling0, Roger Williams1, Adem Balci2, Gülsah Göçmen3, Özlem Ögüt Yazicioglu4, Kerim Can Yazgünoglu5, Zümre Gizem Yilmaz Karahan6, Sinan Akilli7, Simon C. Estok9, Serpil Oppermann0, Scott Slovic2 ...

Series series Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Turkish Ecocriticism: From Neolithic to Contemporary Timescapes explores the values, perceptions, and transformations of the environment, ecology, and nature in Turkish culture, literature, and the arts. Through these themes, it examines historical and contemporary environmentally engaged literary and cultural traditions in Turkey. The volume re-imagines Turkey in its geo-social and ecocultural ... Read more

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Turkish Ecocriticism: From Neolithic to Contemporary Timescapes explores the values, perceptions, and transformations of the environment, ecology, and nature in Turkish culture, literature, and the arts. Through these themes, it examines historical and contemporary environmentally engaged literary and cultural traditions in Turkey. The volume re-imagines Turkey in its geo-social and ecocultural
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Reading Cats and Dogs

Companion Animals in World Literature

by Zélia M. Bora, Marianne Marroum, Athane Adrahane, Claire Cazajous-Augé, Chen Hong, Qianqian Cheng, Niroshini Gunasekera, Keita Hatooka, Kenneth Toah Nsah0, Anna Re1, Wendy Woodward2, Kev Reynolds3, Françoise Besson5, Karla Armbruster6, Önder Cetin7, Lorraine Kerslake8, Scott Slovic9 ...

Series series Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Throughout the world, people spend much of their time with animal companions of various kinds, frequently with cats and dogs. What meanings do we make of these relationships? In the ecocritical collection Reading cats and Dogs, a diverse array of scholars considers the philosophy, literature, and film devoted to human relationships with companion species. In addition to illuminating famous animal ... Read more

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Throughout the world, people spend much of their time with animal companions of various kinds, frequently with cats and dogs. What meanings do we make of these relationships? In the ecocritical collection Reading cats and Dogs, a diverse array of scholars considers the philosophy, literature, and film devoted to human relationships with companion species. In addition to illuminating famous animal
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Wild Nevada

Testimonies On Behalf Of The Desert

Edited by Roberta Moore, Scott Slovic ...

For many people beyond Nevada’s borders, the state is no more than the nation’s desert dumping ground for dangerous waste. Others know it only for its hedonistic centers of gambling and entertainment. This scandal belies the extraordinary beauty and wonder of the state’s wilderness areas and the precious natural, aesthetic, and cultural resources to be found there.In Wild Nevada, editors Roberta ... Read more

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For many people beyond Nevada’s borders, the state is no more than the nation’s desert dumping ground for dangerous waste. Others know it only for its hedonistic centers of gambling and entertainment. This scandal belies the extraordinary beauty and wonder of the state’s wilderness areas and the precious natural, aesthetic, and cultural resources to be found there.In Wild Nevada, editors Roberta
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An Island in the Stream

Ecocritical and Literary Responses to Cuban Environmental Culture

by David Taylor, Susan E. Bender, Blas Falconer, Heriberto Feraudy Espino, Gabriel Horowitz, Mayra Beatriz Martinez, Margarita Mateo Palmer, Karina Pino Gallardo, Laura Ruiz Montes0, Christina Maria Garcia1, Mariana G. Serra García2, Sylvia Torti3, Scott Slovic4, Alison Hawthorne Deming6, George B. Handley7, Robert Michael Pyle8 ...

Series series Ecocritical Theory and Practice
An Island in the Stream, a collaboration between Cuban and American writers and scholars, is a diverse collection of ecocritical and literary responses to the natural environment in Cuba and to Cuban environmental culture. The chapters explore Cuba’s vibrant cultural history with particular attention to literature and the visual and performing arts, which are viewed through such lenses as ... Read more

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An Island in the Stream, a collaboration between Cuban and American writers and scholars, is a diverse collection of ecocritical and literary responses to the natural environment in Cuba and to Cuban environmental culture. The chapters explore Cuba’s vibrant cultural history with particular attention to literature and the visual and performing arts, which are viewed through such lenses as
... Read more
Global Perspectives on Eco-Aesthetics and Eco-Ethics

A Green Critique

by Krishanu Maiti, Soumyadeep Chakraborty, Frederick Gordon, David R. Cole, Susan Haris, Ann Skea, Asmae Ourkiya, Sk Tarik Ali, Stephen Poon0, Apratim Kundu1, Shruti Das2, Gulsah Gocmen3, Neeraj Sankhyan4, Suman Sigroha5, Lakshmi Chithra6, Debdas Roy7, Shelby Heathcoat8, Raktima Bhuyan9, Hemanga Dutta0, John Charles Ryans1, Chelsea Adams2, Justine Breton3, Heather Dail4, Nicole C. Dittmer5, Swarnalatha Rangarajan7, Dr Pramod K. Nayar8 ...

Series series Environment and Society
Global Perspectives on Eco-Aesthetics and Eco-Ethics: A Green Critique focuses on the interface of the Anthropocene, sustainability, ecological aesthetics, multispecies relationality, and the environment as reflected in literature and culture. This book examines how writers have addressed ecological crises and environmental challenges that transcend national, cultural, political, social, and ... Read more

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Global Perspectives on Eco-Aesthetics and Eco-Ethics: A Green Critique focuses on the interface of the Anthropocene, sustainability, ecological aesthetics, multispecies relationality, and the environment as reflected in literature and culture. This book examines how writers have addressed ecological crises and environmental challenges that transcend national, cultural, political, social, and
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Currents of the Universal Being

Explorations in the Literature of Energy

Edited by Scott Slovic, James E. Bishop, Kyhl Lyndgaard ...

Energy scholar Vaclav Smil wrote in 2003, “Tug at any human use of energy and you will find its effects cascading throughout society.” Too often public discussions of energy-related issues become gridlocked in debates concerning cost, environmental degradation, and the plausibility (or implausibility) of innovative technologies. But the topic of energy is much broader and deeper than these debates ... Read more

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Energy scholar Vaclav Smil wrote in 2003, “Tug at any human use of energy and you will find its effects cascading throughout society.” Too often public discussions of energy-related issues become gridlocked in debates concerning cost, environmental degradation, and the plausibility (or implausibility) of innovative technologies. But the topic of energy is much broader and deeper than these debates
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