Literature and the Anthropocene

Informationen zum Autor Pieter Vermeulen is an associate professor of American and comparative literature at the University of Leuven, Belgium. He is the author of Romanticism after the Holocaust and Contemporary Literature and the End of the Novel: Creature, Affect, Form. Zusammenfassung Alternating between accessible discussions of prominent theories and concise readings of major works of Anthropocene literature, the book serves as an indispensable guide to this exciting new subfield for academics and students of literature and the environmental humanities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Naming, Telling, Writing – the Anthropocene Part 1: Anthropocene Agencies 1. Forms, Lives, Forms of Life 2. Genres, Media, Worlds 3. Objects, Matters, Things Part 2: Anthropocene Temporalities 4. Dominations 5. Emergencies 6. Residues Glossary Works Cited

List of contents

Introduction: Naming, Telling, Writing - the Anthropocene  Part 1: Anthropocene Agencies  1. Forms, Lives, Forms of Life  2. Genres, Media, Worlds  3. Objects, Matters, Things  Part 2: Anthropocene Temporalities  4. Dominations  5. Emergencies  6. Residues  Glossary  Works Cited

Product details

• Authors: Pieter Vermeulen, Vermeulen Pieter
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781138543713
• ISBN: 978-1-138-54371-3
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Literature and Contemporary Thought
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; NATURE / Ecology, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, Literary studies: general, Literary theory