Ecosickness in Contemporary U.s. Fiction - Environment and Affect

Heather Houser traces the development of ecosickness, which links ecological and bodily injury, through a compelling archive of contemporary U.S. novels and memoirs, Ecosickness in Contemporary U.S. Fiction shows how narrative affects such as wonder and disgust organize perception of an endangered world and orient us ethically toward it.

Summary

Heather Houser traces the development of ecosickness, which links ecological and bodily injury, through a compelling archive of contemporary U.S. novels and memoirs, Ecosickness in Contemporary U.S. Fiction shows how narrative affects such as wonder and disgust organize perception of an endangered world and orient us ethically toward it.

Product details

• Authors: Heather Houser, Heather (University of Texas at Austin) Houser, Houser Heather
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.06.2014
• EAN: 9780231165143
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16514-3
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Literature Now; Literature Now
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Englisch, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Autoren, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Literature: history & criticism, United States of America, USA, Science / Environmental Science, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000