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"Outlines a new approach to the reading of literary texts. Hubert Zapf considers the ways in which literature operates as a form of cultural ecology, using language, imagination, and critique to challenge and transform cultural narratives of humanity's relationsip to nature. In this way, t...
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Bloomsbury Academic,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"Outlines a new approach to the reading of literary texts. Hubert Zapf considers the ways in which literature operates as a form of cultural ecology, using language, imagination, and critique to challenge and transform cultural narratives of humanity's relationsip to nature. In this way, the book demonstrates the important role that literature plays in creating a more sustainable way of life." |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 301 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-294) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781474274654 147427465X |
| Index Number: | PS169 |
| CLC: | I712.06 |
| Call Number: | I712.06/Z35 |
| Contents: | Cultural ecology and literary studies -- Ecocriticism and cultural ecology -- Literature as cultural ecology -- Transdisciplinary contexts of a cultural ecology of literature. |