Book 2011

Beyond romantic ecocriticism

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English
Published: 2011

Natural history in literature
English literature
Human ecology in literature
Philosophy of nature
History and criticism
Nature in literature
Ecocriticism
Urban ecology (Biology)

Nichols chronicles the Enlightenment view of 'Nature' as static and separate from humans as it moved towards the Romantic 'nature' characterized by dynamic links among all living things. Engaging Romantic and Victorian thinkers, as well as contemporary scholarship, €he draws new conclusions about€21st-century ideas of nature.