Anthropocene reading : literary history in geologic times / edited by Tobias Menely and Jesse Oak Taylor.
| Other author | Menely, Tobias editor. |
| Other author | Taylor, Jesse O. editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017] |
| Copyright Date | ©2017 |
| Description | 265 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | AnthropoScene: the SLSA book series AnthropoScene. ^A1384728 |
| Contents | Introduction / Tobias Menely and Jesse Oak Taylor -- Anarky / Jeffrey Jerome Cohen -- Enter Anthropocene, circa 1610 / Steve Mentz -- The Anthropocene reads Buffon, or, Reading like geology / Noah Heringman -- Punctuating history circa 1800 : the air of Jane Eyre / Thomas H. Ford -- Romancing the trace : Edward Hitchcock's speculative ichnology / Dana Luciano -- Partial readings : Thoreau's studies as natural history's casualties / Juliana Chow -- Scale as form : Thomas Hardy's rocks and stars / Benjamin Morgan -- Anthropocene interruptions : energy recognition scenes and the global cooling myth / Justin Neuman -- Stratigraphy and empire : Waiting for the barbarians, reading under duress / Jennifer Wenzel -- Reading vulnerably : indigeneity and the scale of harm / Matt Hooley -- Accelerated reading : fossil fuels, infowhelm, and archival life / Derek Woods -- Climate change and the struggle for genre / Stephanie LeMenager -- Ungiving time : reading lyric by the light of the Anthropocene / Anne-Lise François. |
| Abstract | "Considers the implications of the Anthropocene, the proposed geological epoch in which a human "signature" appears in the lithostratigraphic record, for literary history and critical method. Explores the status of reading in the history of geology, and of geohistory in literature"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2017025913 |
| ISBN | 9780271078731 (paperback alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | 0271078731 (paperback alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | 9780271078724 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | 0271078723 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
| Standard identifier# | 40027622655 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN441 .A73 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |