Cambridge Companion to Victorian Literature and the Environment

Today's environmental decimation and climate crises have arisen from our drive for individual material prosperity. We even appreciate nature primarily for its fulfilment of our interests, whether economic productivity, aesthetic pleasure, or personal well-being. And yet, we still ask how we have reached this dire ecological condition and what it is that has kept us from acting effectively to maintain a thriving and diverse biosphere. This collection of essays by major scholars from around the world analyzes how the industrial, imperialist Victorian era gave rise to today's unwillingness to move beyond our acquisitive drive. But it also explores the Victorians' initiation of the modern environmentalist movement, formulation of the first legislation defending rights of nonhuman animals, and invention of literary forms for contesting environmental degradation. In this most unlikely of eras, the volume uncovers both valuable insights into the limitations of our own environmentalism and innovative suggestions for overcoming them.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Denisoff Dennis (Editore)
• Autori: Dennis (University of Tulsa) Denisoff
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 30.04.2026
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Ecologia
• EAN: 9781009412810
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0941281-0
• Numero di pagine: 275
• Serie: Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Categorie: Fiction: special features, Environmentalist thought & ideology, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), Environmentalist thought and ideology, Literary companions, book reviews & guides, Literary companions, book reviews and guides, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world