Practical Ecocriticism: Literature, Biology, and the Environment

by Glen A. Love

Book Overview

Practical Ecocriticismis the first book to ground environmental literature firmly in the life sciences, particularly evolutionary biology, and to attempt to bridge the ever-widening gulf between the "Two Cultures." Glen Love--himself one of the founders of ecocriticism--argues that literary studies has been diminished by a general lack of recognition for the vital role the biological foundation of human life plays in cultural imagination. Love presents...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813922453
• ISBN13: 9780813922454
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 8.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher