Beyond nature writing : expanding the boundaries of ecocriticism

Ecocriticism, a field of study that has expanded dramatically over the past decade, has nevertheless remained?until recently?closely focused on critical analyses of nature writing and literature of wilderness. Karla Armbruster and Kathleen R. Wallace push well beyond that established framework with this groundbreaking collection of essays by respected ecocritics and scholars from the literary and environmental arenas. Together, their work signals a new direction in the field and offers refreshingly original insights into a broad spectrum of texts.

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This provocative collection enriches environmental literary studies and other areas of study by featuring a variety of perspectives that "apply ecocritical theories and methods to texts that ... do not foreground the natural world or wilderness." Notions of wildness and wilderness are explored throughout. In their essay "The Novels of Toni Morrison," Armbruster and Wallace reveal a "wildness [that] is not the wildness of dominant environmental discourse," but is instead "an unnatural wildness instigated by twisted cultural strands." John Elder's engaging essay "The Poetry of Experience" discusses the interaction between language and the natural world and emphasizes the importance of integrating "natural experience" and the study of literature, thereby enhancing environmental awareness and understanding. The diverse styles and perspectives contribute to the book's readability and relevance to a broad range of disciplines, including biblical studies, medieval and renaissance studies, American studies, American and British literary studies, and even film, science fiction, and theater studies. Highly recommended for both academic and public collections, this book will interest undergraduates, graduates, scholars, and others who want to learn more about "the cultural aspects of environmental issues." M. Bongiovanni Lebanon Valley College

John ElderKathleen R. Wallace and Karla ArmbrusterBetsy S. HilbertLisa J. KiserDiane Kelsey McColleyWilliam C. HorneMichael P. BranchMark T. HoyerRichard KerridgeCharlotte Zoe WalkerTerrell F. DixonElizabeth DoddMichael BennettKathleen R. Wallace and Karla ArmbrusterCheryll GlotfeltyRebecca Raglon and Marian ScholtmeijerPatrick D. MurphyStacy AlaimoKent C. RydenJohn ElderAdam Sweeting and Thomas C. CrochunisH. Lewis Ulman

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Why Go Beyond Nature Writing, and Where To?	p. 1
Part I Reevaluating the Roots of Western Attitudes toward Nature
Beyond "Thou Shalt Not": An Ecocritic Reads Deuteronomy	p. 29
Chaucer and the Politics of Nature	p. 41
Milton's Environmental Epic: Creature Kinship and the Language of Paradise Lost	p. 57
Samuel Johnson Discovers the Arctic: A Reading of a "Greenland Tale" as Arctic Literature	p. 75
Before Nature Writing: Discourses of Colonial American Natural History	p. 91
Part II Uncovering New Ecocritical Perspectives on Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Authors
Cultivating Desire, Tending Piety: Botanical Discourse in Harriet Beecher Stowe's The Minister's Wooing	p. 111
Ecological Hardy	p. 126
The Book "Laid Upon the Landscape": Virginia Woolf and Nature	p. 143
Nature, Gender, and Community: Mary Wilkins Freeman's Ecofiction	p. 162
The Great Rainbowed Swamp: History as Moral Ecology in the Poetry of Michael S. Harper	p. 177
Anti-Pastoralism, Frederick Douglass, and the Nature of Slavery	p. 195
The Novels of Toni Morrison: "Wild Wilderness Where There Was None"	p. 211
Part III Expanding Ecocriticism across Genres and Disciplines
Literary Place Bashing, Test Site Nevada	p. 233
Heading Off the Trail: Language, Literature, and Nature's Resistance to Narrative	p. 248
The Non-Alibi of Alien Scapes: SF and Ecocriticism	p. 263
Discomforting Creatures: Monstrous Natures in Recent Films	p. 279
Robert Frost, the New England Environment, and the Discourse of Objects	p. 297
The Poetry of Experience	p. 312
Performing the Wild: Rethinking Wilderness and Theater Spaces	p. 325
Beyond Nature/Writing: Virtual Landscapes Online, in Print, and in "Real Life"	p. 341
Notes on Contributors	p. 357
Index	p. 361

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