Ecology and Life Writing

This volume examines the interrelations between ecological concerns and personal forms of writing in Europe, Asia, and America. It assembles contributions from an international conference of experts from four continents who provide new insights into the redefinition of the self in contact with nature in different parts of the world. Articles range from the American tradition of nature writing via the ecological traditions of Native Americans and ethnic communities to Asian attitudes of nature worship and the dangers to human and animal lives on planet earth. Beyond the familiar Anglo-American focus, these case studies, interpretations of auto/biographical texts and films begin to bridge the gap between Western and Eastern discourses and propose new approaches to the theoretical basis of ecocriticism and life writing.

About the author

Prof. Dr. Alfred Hornung lehrt am Institut für Amerikanistik der Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz mit den Forschungsschwerpunkten Transnationale Literaturen und Kulturen sowie Life Writing. Er ist Gründungsmitglied der International Auto/Biography Association.

Summary

This volume examines the interrelations between ecological concerns and personal forms of writing in Europe, Asia, and America. It assembles contributions from an international conference of experts from four continents who provide new insights into the redefinition of the self in contact with nature in different parts of the world. Articles range from the American tradition of nature writing via the ecological traditions of Native Americans and ethnic communities to Asian attitudes of nature worship and the dangers to human and animal lives on planet earth. Beyond the familiar Anglo-American focus, these case studies, interpretations of auto/biographical texts and films begin to bridge the gap between Western and Eastern discourses and propose new approaches to the theoretical basis of ecocriticism and life writing.

Product details

• Assisted by: Baisheng (Editor), Baisheng (Editor), Zhao Baisheng (Editor), Alfre Hornung (Editor), Alfred Hornung (Editor)
• Publisher: Universitätsverlag Winter
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2013
• EAN: 9783825358921
• ISBN: 978-3-8253-5892-1
• No. of pages: 413
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 210 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 595 g
• Illustrations: 12 Abbildungen
• Series: American Studies / A Monograph Series; American Studies; American Studies / A Monograph Series; American Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Literatur, Ökologie, Chinesische Literatur, Englisch, Ethnologie, Umwelt, Amerikanische Literatur, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Life Writing, Naturwahrnehmung, Naturethik, Ecocriticism, Afro-Amerikanische Literatur, Thoreau, Henry David, Natur /i. d. Literatur, Autobiographik, Kulturökologie, Wah, Fred, Alexie, Sherman, Federman, Raymond