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Dark Nature : Anti-Pastoral Essays in American Literature and Culture.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Ecocritical Theory and Practice SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (292 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498528122
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dark NatureDDC classification:
  • 814.6
LOC classification:
  • PS163.D37 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Dark Nature and the American Canon -- 1 "Famine is a Frightful Monster" -- 2 "Passage into New Forms" -- 3 Dutchman on the Brink -- 4 Thoreau's Week and the Work of the Eco-lament -- 5 The Gnostic Dark Side of Nature in Herman Melville and Cormac McCarthy -- 6 Fiendish Fumaroles and Malevolent Mud Pots -- 7 Frontiersmen, Robber Barons, Architects, and the Darkening Aesthetics of Nature in A Lost Lady -- Dark Nature and New Voices -- 8 The Dark Side of Two Nature Writing Genres -- 9 The "Dark Ecology" of the Bomb -- 10 The Poetry of Adele Ne Jame -- 11 Anti-Pastoral Imagery and the Quest for a Cajun Identity -- 12 (Dark) Nature and Masculinity -- 13 Angry Eden -- 14 "what's the world but shine / and seem" -- Dark Nature and the Media -- 15 Listening to the Dark Side of Nature -- 16 Eco-Horror Cinematic Techniques in Television Nature Documentaries -- 17 Hunger in the Heart of Nature -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Summary: Focusing on the concept of "dark ecology" and its invitation to add an anti-pastoral perspective to ecocriticism, this collection of essays on American literature and culture offers examples of how a vision of nature's darker side can create a fuller understanding of humanity's relation to nature.
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Dark Nature and the American Canon -- 1 "Famine is a Frightful Monster" -- 2 "Passage into New Forms" -- 3 Dutchman on the Brink -- 4 Thoreau's Week and the Work of the Eco-lament -- 5 The Gnostic Dark Side of Nature in Herman Melville and Cormac McCarthy -- 6 Fiendish Fumaroles and Malevolent Mud Pots -- 7 Frontiersmen, Robber Barons, Architects, and the Darkening Aesthetics of Nature in A Lost Lady -- Dark Nature and New Voices -- 8 The Dark Side of Two Nature Writing Genres -- 9 The "Dark Ecology" of the Bomb -- 10 The Poetry of Adele Ne Jame -- 11 Anti-Pastoral Imagery and the Quest for a Cajun Identity -- 12 (Dark) Nature and Masculinity -- 13 Angry Eden -- 14 "what's the world but shine / and seem" -- Dark Nature and the Media -- 15 Listening to the Dark Side of Nature -- 16 Eco-Horror Cinematic Techniques in Television Nature Documentaries -- 17 Hunger in the Heart of Nature -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Contributors.

Focusing on the concept of "dark ecology" and its invitation to add an anti-pastoral perspective to ecocriticism, this collection of essays on American literature and culture offers examples of how a vision of nature's darker side can create a fuller understanding of humanity's relation to nature.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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