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Harnessing new enthusiasm for Nan Shepherd's writing,
The Living World asks how literature might help us reimagine humanity's place on earth in the midst of our ecological crisis. The first book to examine Shepherd's writing through an ecocritical lens, it reveals forgotten details about the scientific, political and philosophical climate of early twentieth century Scotland, and offers new insights into Shepherd's distinctive environmental thought. More than this, this book reveals how Shepherd's ways of relating to complex, interconnected ecologies predate many of the core themes and concerns of the multi-disciplinary environmental humanities, and may inform their future development.
Broken down into chapters focusing on themes of place, ecology, environmentalism, Deep Time, vital matter and selfhood,
The Living World offers the first integrated study of Shepherd's writing and legacy, making the work of this philosopher, feminist, amateur ecologist, geologist, and innovative modernist, accessible and relevant to a new community of readers.
Table des matières
Introduction: ‘A Way In’
1. Place and Planet
2. Ecology
3. Environmentalism
4. Deep Time
5. Vital Matter
6. Being
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
A propos de l'auteur
Samantha Walton is a reader in Modern Literature at Bath Spa University, where the focus of her research for the last five years has been the link between nature and mental health. In 2016, she won a major research grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council for a two-year project called 'Cultures of Nature and Wellbeing: Connecting Health and the Environment through Literature', and she was a Writing Fellow at the prestigious Rachel Carson Centre in Munich. She is also a poet, and her collection
Self Heal was one of the
White Review's books of the year in 2018. She has appeared on the BBC, and at a number of festivals including Green Man and Wilderness to speak about her research.
@samlwalton
Résumé
Harnessing new enthusiasm for Nan Shepherd’s writing, The Living World asks how literature might help us reimagine humanity’s place on earth in the midst of our ecological crisis. The first book to examine Shepherd’s writing through an ecocritical lens, it reveals forgotten details about the scientific, political and philosophical climate of early twentieth century Scotland, and offers new insights into Shepherd’s distinctive environmental thought. More than this, this book reveals how Shepherd’s ways of relating to complex, interconnected ecologies predate many of the core themes and concerns of the multi-disciplinary environmental humanities, and may inform their future development.
Broken down into chapters focusing on themes of place, ecology, environmentalism, Deep Time, vital matter and selfhood, The Living World offers the first integrated study of Shepherd’s writing and legacy, making the work of this philosopher, feminist, amateur ecologist, geologist, and innovative modernist, accessible and relevant to a new community of readers.
Préface
An environmental humanities revival of Nan Shepherd’s writing, asking how literature might help to reimagine humanity’s place on earth in the Anthropocene.
Texte suppl.
The Living World firmly establishes Nan Shepherd’s significance as an ecological writer whose relevance continues to grow as we move further into the Anthropocene. With an admirably light touch, Walton provides an accessible and detailed account of Shepherd’s work, underpinned by extensive contextual research, close reading, and dialogue with contemporary ecocriticism.
