| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 328 pages) |
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Routledge Interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 96 |
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Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 96.
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| Contents |
Conrad, nature and environmental criticism -- Part I. Conrad and the anthropocene. Wilderness after nature : Conrad, empire and the anthropocene -- Conrad in the anthropocene : steps to an ecology of catastrophe -- The monstrous and the secure : reading Conrad in the anthropocene -- Part II. Conrad's atmospherics. Dirty weather -- The "breaking-up" of the monsoon and Lord Jim's atmospherics -- Conrad's ecological performativity : the scenography of "nature" from An outcast of the islands to Lord Jim -- Part III. Conrad, ethics and ecology. Conrad and nature, 1900-1904 -- "A paradise of snakes" : Conrad's ecological ambivalence -- "What could his object be?" Form and materiality in Conrad's "The tale" -- Part IV. Nature, empire and commerce. Nostromo and world-ecology -- "He can't throw any of his coal-dust in my eyes" : adventurers and entrepreneurs in Victory's coal empire -- Guano, globalization and ecosystem change in Lord Jim -- Part V. Earlier commentary. From The challenge of bewilderment -- "Too beautiful altogether" : ideologies of gender and empire in Heart of darkness -- From "Beyond mastery : the future of Conrad's beginnings" -- The world of nature |
| Summary |
Conrad and Nature is the first collection of critical essays examining nature and the environment in Joseph Conrad's writings. Together, these essays by established and emerging scholars reveal both the crucial importance of nature in Conrad's work, and the vital, ongoing relevance of Conrad's treatment of the environment in our era of globalization and climate change. No richer subject matter for an environmentally-engaged criticism can be found than the Conradian contexts and themes under investigation in this volume: island cultures, colonial occupations, storms at sea, mining and extraction, inconstant weather, ecological collapse, and human communities competing for resources. The 17 essays collected here --13 new essays, and 4 excerpts from classic works of Conradian scholarship--consolidate some of the most important voices and perspectives on Conrad's relation to the natural world, and open new avenues for Conradian and environmental scholarship in the 21st century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Lissa Schneider-Rebozo is Professor of English and Director of Undergraduate Research at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Jeffrey Mathes McCarthy is the Director of Environmental Humanities at the University of Utah. John G. Peters is University Distinguished Research Professor at the University of North Texas, is past President of the Joseph Conrad Society of America and current General Editor of Conradiana |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 28, 2018) |
| Subject |
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 fast |
| Subject |
Nature in literature.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays.
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Nature in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schneider-Rebozo, Lissa, editor
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McCarthy, Jeffrey Mathes, 1965- editor.
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Peters, John G. (John Gerard), editor.
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| ISBN |
1351721364 |
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9781351721363 |
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9781315181110 |
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1315181118 |
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9781351721356 |
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1351721356 |
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9781351721349 |
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1351721348 |
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