Farther Afield in the Study of Nature-oriented Literature

Patrick D. Murphy

ISBN 10: 0813919061 / ISBN 13: 9780813919065

Edité par University Of Virginia Press Feb 2000, 2000

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Neuware - Ecocriticism, nature-sensitive literary studies, has evolved enough that Murphy (English, Indiana U. of Pennsylvania) argues it requires its own critique and new theoretical underpinnings. In this volume he provides a 'taxonomy' that addresses the issues of mode and genre in nature literature with an emphasis on texts written by women such as Linda Hogan, Edna Escamill, and Ishimure Michiko. In the process he suggests ways that ecocriticism can become more inclusive and more sophisticated.

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• Titre: Farther Afield in the Study of Nature-oriented Literature
• Éditeur: University Of Virginia Press Feb 2000
• Date de parution: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0813919061
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780813919065
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 228 L x 154 H x 18 P (en millimètres) 228 millimètres de largeur par 154 millimètres de hauteur par 18 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 411 grammes

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Synopsis

In the 1990s, the emerging field of ecocriticism--nature-sensitive literary studies--began to establish and define itself. Arguing that the field has matured to the point where it requires a thorough critique and new theoretical underpinnings, Patrick D. Murphy suggests a variety of ways ecocriticism can become more inclusive in its objects of study and more sophisticated in its methodologies.

According to Murphy, ecocriticism in the United States has been too narrowly associated with the study of nonfiction. To broaden the field's purview, he proposes a new taxonomy that draws an important distinction between nature writing--a nonfiction essay form descended from Henry David Thoreau--nature literature, which includes fiction and poetry, and environmental literature, which is inspired by and concerned with a threatened natural world. He also urges ecocritics to expand their study to international literature, and he proceeds to survey nature-oriented prose from Central America, the Caribbean, southern Africa, Spain, and Japan.

On a theoretical level, Murphy addresses the relationship of ecofeminism to postmodernism and provides interpretations of contemporary American multicultural and women's literature, including works by Gary Snyder, Simon Ortiz, Jane Brox, Pat Mora, Lori Anderson, Nora Naranjo-Morse, Sallie Tisdale, and Terry Tempest Williams. Applying his theories of ecocritical analysis to underappreciated or unknown literature, especially fiction and poetry by American women writers of color, Murphy introduces his fellow critics to authors ripe for ecocritical analysis.

Murphy's wide-ranging book will no doubt serve as a watershed in the development of ecocriticism.

À propos de l?auteur

Patrick D. Murphy, the founding editor of ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, is Professor of English at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Literature, Nature, and Other: Ecofeminist Critiques and Understanding Gary Snyder.