German Ecocriticism in the Anthropocene

This book offers essays on both canonical and non-canonical German-language texts and films, advancing ecocritical models for German Studies, and introducing environmental issues in German literature and film to a broader audience. This volume contextualizes the broad-ranging topics and authors in terms of the Anthropocene, beginning with Goethe and the Romantics and extending into twenty-first-century literature and film. Addressing the growing need for environmental awareness in an international humanities curriculum, this book complements ecocritical analyses emerging from North American and British studies with a specifically German Studies perspective, opening the door to a transnational understanding of how the environment plays an integral role in cultural, political, and economic issues.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137559853
• ISBN13: 9781137559852
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"