Anthropocene reading literary history in geologic times / edited by Tobias Menely and Jesse Oak Taylor.
| Other author | Menely, Tobias. |
| Other author | Taylor, Jesse O. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017] |
| Description | 265 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | AnthropoScene: the SLSA book series |
| Contents | 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 myth of global cooling / 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. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017025913 |
| ISBN | 9780271078731 (softcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780271078724 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |