Practical ecocriticism : literature, biology, and the environment /

Practical ecocriticism : literature, biology, and the environment / Glen A. Love.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Love, Glen A., 1932-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2003]
Series:	Under the sign of nature.
Subjects:	Howells, William Dean, > 1837-1920 > Knowledge and learning. Hemingway, Ernest, > 1899-1961 > Knowledge and learning. Cather, Willa, > 1873-1947. > Professor's house. Natural history. American literature > History and criticism. Nature in literature. Pastoral literature, American > History and criticism. Literature and science > United States. Biology in literature. Ecology in literature. Simmons University. > Library. > Gifts. Williamson

Table of Contents:

Why ecocriticism?
Ecocriticism and science
Et in arcadia ego: pastoral meets ecocriticism
Place, style, and human nature in Willa Cather's The professor's house
Hemingway among the animals
The realist in altruria: evolution, utopianism, and ecology in William Dean Howells.