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Author Marzec, Robert P., author.

Title An ecological and postcolonial study of literature : from Daniel Defoe to Salman Rushdie / by Robert P. Marzec
Edition 1st ed
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 200 pages)
Contents Enclosures, Colonization, and the Robinson Crusoe Syndrome: Notes Toward an Ontology of Land -- The Territorialization of Land -- Problematizing Enclosure in the Eighteenth-Century -- Inhabiting Land in the Age of Empire: Twentieth-Century Literature
Summary The Earth's land and its inhabitants are in jeopardy. Ecosystems are threatened in every corner of the world. Neocolonial forces define human relations increasingly in fundamentalist terms. Land settlement patterns formulated during the colonial era have left more and more people on today's planet without property, without the resources needed to sustain a livable existence, and with only a combative understanding of identity. This book argues that humanity's relationship to the land has undergone a fundamental change, and reveals how the historical phenomenon known as the enclosure movement has come to have a profound effect on how we relate to the earth, and on how we conceive of ourselves as human beings. Analyzing narratives by Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, E.M. Forster, D.H. Lawrence, Salman Rushdie, and others, Marzec reveals the extent to which the legacy of enclosures continues to dictate the geopolitical reality of the present
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-197) and index
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Subject English fiction -- History and criticism
Inclosures in literature.
Land tenure in literature.
Land use in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Ontology in literature.
Geographical discovery & exploration -- British Empire.
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers -- British Empire.
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 -- British Empire.
Literary essays -- British Empire.
Geopolitics -- British Empire.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Geography.
English fiction
Imperialism in literature
Inclosures in literature
Land tenure in literature
Land use in literature
Ontology in literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230604377
0230604374
1281362662
9781281362667
9781403976406
1403976406