Screen LibraryTed Hughes: Environmentalist and Ecopoet /
This book is the first book devoted entirely to Hughes as an environmental activist and writer. Drawing on the rapidly-growing interest in poetry and the environment, the book deploys insights from ecopoetics, ecocriticism and Anthropocene studies to analyse how Hughes s poetry reflects his environm...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59177-3 |
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This book is the first book devoted entirely to Hughes as an environmental activist and writer. Drawing on the rapidly-growing interest in poetry and the environment, the book deploys insights from ecopoetics, ecocriticism and Anthropocene studies to analyse how Hughes s poetry reflects his environmental awareness. Hughes s understanding of environmental issues is placed within the context of twentieth-century developments in green ideology and politics, challenging earlier scholars who have seen his work as apolitical. The unique strengths of this book lie in its combination of cutting-edge |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XI, 295 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783319591773 |
| Index Number: | PN1010 |
| CLC: | I106.2 |
| Contents: | 1. Hughes and Ecopoetry -- 2. From Mytholmroyd to Mexborough: Origins of Hughes's Environmental Awareness -- 3. 'Long live the weeds and the wilderness': 'Green' Literary Influences -- 4. Animal Agency, America and Early Environmental Views -- 5. The Environmental Revolution -- 6. Hughes's Farming -- 7. 'Join Water' -- 8. Green Laureate -- 9. Global Environments -- 10. Hunting, Shooting, Fishing - And Conservation? -- Index. |