Ecocritical explorations in literary and cultural studies : fences, boundaries, and fields / Patrick D. Murphy.

Author/creator Murphy, Patrick D., 1951-
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham : Lexington Books, ©2009.
Descriptionxi, 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 noteLittle-305131061177Z
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 193-207) and index.
LCCN 2008055644
ISBN9780739131732 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0739131737 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780739131756 (electronic)
ISBN0739131753 (electronic)