Ecocriticism on the Edge: The Anthropocene as a Threshold Concept

by Timothy Clark and Timothy Clark

Book Overview

The twenty-first century has seen an increased awareness of the forms of environmental destruction that cannot immediately be seen, localised 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472505735
• ISBN13: 9781472505736
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"