Subterranean Imaginaries and Groundwater Narratives

This book interrogates the problems of how and why largely unseen matter, in this case groundwater, has found limited expression in climate fiction. This book is an engaging read for scholars and students in creative writing, environmental humanities, cultural and post-colonial studies, Australian studies and eco-critical literary studies.

List of contents

1. The Water Cycle: Introduction 2. The Water Table: Ways of Knowing and Not Knowing Groundwater in the Anthropocene 3. Springs and Seeps: Storying With 4. Hydrogeology: Groundwater Narratives and Hydrogeology 5. Porosity: Place and New Nature Writing 6. Permeability: Affect 7. Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems: Literary Activism

About the author

Deborah Wardle teaches environmental literature and writing RMIT and Creative Writing at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She is a researcher, with numerous projects completed, including with the Office of Indigenous Education and Engagement at RMIT University and the 'Groundwater Narratives' project with Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at Melbourne University. She has had stories and peer-reviewed articles published in Australian and international journals including Meanjin, Overland, The Big Issue, Meniscus, Mosaic (Canada), Fusion, Swamphen (ASLEC-ANZ), and Animal Studies Journal.

Product details

• Authors: Deborah Wardle, Wardle Deborah
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032218823
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3221882-3
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Routledge Environmental Humanities
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works; Climate Change, NATURE / Ecology, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Nature, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Australasia, Creative writing & creative writing guides, Creative writing and creative writing guides, Environmentalist thought and ideology