Ecocritical explorations in literary and cultural studies : fences, boundaries, and fields / Patrick D. Murphy.
| Author/creator | Murphy, Patrick D., 1951- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2009. |
| Description | xi, 217 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The four elements and the recovery of referentiality in ecocriticism -- The complexity of simplicity -- Difference and responsibility in literary alternatives to the nation-state -- Paradise or a pair of dice : contradictions and contingencies in real and virtual terrains for tomorrow's college students -- Toward transnational ecocritical theory : the example of Hwa Yol Jung -- Nature in the contemporary American novel -- The non-alibi of alien scapes : science fiction and ecocriticism -- The non-alibi of pragmatic utopianism and wild variability, or, Optimistic variations on a science fiction theme -- Mysteries of nature and environmental justice -- Nature-nurturing fathers in a world beyond our control -- Scenarios of disaster : crying wolf, scaring away the elephants, and heading 'em off at the pass -- Hurricanes and hubris : American responses in literature and culture to natural weather extremes and their human-driven intensifications -- Randing widely in the classroom. |
| Local note | Little-305131061177Z |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-207) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008055644 |
| ISBN | 9780739131732 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0739131737 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780739131756 (electronic) |
| ISBN | 0739131753 (electronic) |