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"The twenty-first century has seen an increased awareness of the forms of environmental destruction that cannot immediately be seen, localized or, by some, even acknowledged. Ecocriticism on the Edge explores the possibility of a new mode of critical practice, one fully engaged with the destructive force of the planetary environmental crisis. Timothy Clark argues that, in literary and cultural criticism, the "Anthropocene", which names the epoch in which human impacts on the planet's ecological systems reach a dangerous limit, also represents a threshold at which modes of interpretation that once seemed sufficient or progressive become, in this new counterintuitive context, inadequate or even latently destructive. The book includes analyses of literary works, including texts by Paule Marshall, Gary Snyder, Ben Okri, Henry Lawson, Lorrie Moore and Raymond Carver."--Bloomsbury Publishing. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Clark’s argument is provocative and sometimes even pessimistic (he ultimately seems to conclude that literature is very limited in being able to express ideas about climate change). Yet, Clark is rigorous in his argumentation, providing plenty of examples to back up his ideas and offering a number of case studies that put into practice the theory he has developed. Some of the authors that Clark turns to are Gary Snyder, Raymond Carver, Ben Okri and Lorrie Moore. One of the great strengths of this book is that although Clark is drawing from both scientific studies and critical theory, he writes with such clarity and incisiveness that it is both enjoyable to read and easy to follow.
In terms of literary criticism that has turned to the concept of the Anthropocene, this is both one of the widest ranging and most well-argued study yet to emerge. As such it is essential reading for anyone interested not only in the future of ecocriticism, but the future of literary studies itself. ( )