Ecocriticism: The Essential Reader charts the growth of this important field. The first-wave ecocriticism section focuses on key readings from the 1960s to the 1990s. The second-wave ecocriticism section goes on to consider a range of exciting contemporary trends, including environmental justice, aesthetics and philosophy, and globalization.
Readings include the work of:
- Raymond Williams
- Jonathan Bate
- Timothy Morton
- Ursula Heise
- Lawrence Buell
- Kate Soper
- Cary Wolfe
- and Kate Rigby.
Containing seminal, representative, and contemporary work in the field, this volume and the editorial commentary is designed for use on both undergraduate and postgraduate ecocritical literature courses.
