Material Ecocriticism and Sylvan Agency in Speculative Fiction
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-2876-1 (ISBN)
Material Ecocriticism and Sylvan Agency in Speculative Fiction: The Forests of the World links the examination of fictional forests and arboreal characters of speculative fiction with the literary approach of material ecocriticism and a conceptualization of a sylvan agency. Aiming to establish and situate the investigation of sylvan agency firmly within the context of material ecocriticism, this book offers a framework for reading fictional forests with an ecocritical, and particularly eco-sylvan, lens and applies it to the analysis of the sylvan realm, arboreal characters and the relationship between human characters and their fictional forests in speculative fiction. Drawing on the re-negotiation of matter and material agency, the comprehensive study of the sylvan realm establishes a sylvan and arboreal agency in speculative fiction, ranging from classics, such as J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy The Lord of the Rings (1954-55) or Ursula Le Guin’s science-fiction novella The Word for World is Forest (1961), to contemporary texts, such as James Cameron’s Avatar (2010) or Ali Shaw’s The Trees (2016). The author argues for a re-negotiation of a sylvan agency and facilitation of an eco-sylvan awareness in times of environmental crisis.
Britta Maria Colligs is postdoctoral researcher of British literature and culture at the University of Trier in Germany.
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Forests of the World
Chapter One: Theorising the Forest: Approaching a Sylvan and Arboreal Agency
Part I: The Sylvan Realm and Arboreal Characters
Chapter Two: Stepping Into the Sylvan World
Chapter Three: The Tree as a Diverse Motif and Ecological Symbol
Chapter Four: The Forest as a Sylvan Voice and Sylvan Agent for the Environment
Part II: Human Interaction with the Sylvan World
Chapter Five: The Forest as Commodity and Antagonist
Chapter Six: The Forest as a Dwelling
Chapter Seven: The Cultural and Environmental Significance of the Forest
Conclusion: The Forests of the World
Glossary of Selected Terms
Bibliography
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 29.11.2023 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 158 x 237 mm |
| Gewicht | 508 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-6669-2876-3 / 1666928763 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-6669-2876-1 / 9781666928761 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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