Saving Grace of America''s Green Jeremiad

Informationen zum Autor John Gatta is professor emeritus of English at the University of Connecticut and University of the South, Sewanee. Klappentext This book freshly explores the ways in which green versions of an ancient, darkly admonishing yet graced tradition of Jeremiad prophecy have figured throughout various historical periods and genres of American writing, all the way to the climate fiction of our own day. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1. Ancient Jeremiah's New World Progeny Chapter 2. Toward the Jeremiad Bloom of Silent Spring Chapter 3. From the Blustery Dawn of Earth Day to Earth First! Chapter 4 Prophesying the End of Nature Chapter 5. Saving Truths of the New "CliFi" Jeremiad Conclusion

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Gatta, Gatta John
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781793624055
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-405-5
• Pagine: 160
• Serie: Environment and Society
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Climate Change, NATURE / Essays, Nature Writing, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, RELIGION / Theology, natural history, Theology, Nature & the natural world: general interest, Ecocriticism, Literature: history & criticism, environmental disaster, ecotheology