Narrating the Mesh: Form and Story in the Anthropocene

by Marco Caracciolo

Book Overview

A hierarchical model of human societies' relations with the natural world is at the root of today's climate crisis; Narrating the Mesh contends that narrative form is instrumental in countering this ideology. Drawing inspiration from Timothy Morton's concept of the "mesh" as a metaphor for the human-nonhuman relationship in the face of climate change, Marco Caracciolo investigates how narratives in genres such as the novel and the short...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813945836
• ISBN13: 9780813945835
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"