Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Anthropocene

The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Anthropocene explores how literature can address the social, cultural, and philosophical questions posed by the Anthropocene, including cli-fi, experimental poetry, interspecies design, gaming, weird, ecotopian, and petro-fiction, and new nature writing.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 340 pages
\n Publication date: 17 June 2021
\n Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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The Anthropocene is a proposed geological epoch that signifies humanity's profound impact on the Earth, encompassing the alteration of its rock structure, environments, and atmosphere. In response to the social, cultural, and philosophical challenges posed by this epoch, The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Anthropocene presents the most comprehensive exploration of how literature can address these issues. This volume encompasses a diverse range of literary forms, including novels, plays, poetry, essays, and emerging genres such as cli-fi, experimental poetry, interspecies design, gaming, weird, ecotopian, and petro-fiction. Studies span from the United States to India, from Palestine to Scotland, while addressing numerous global manifestations or consequences of the Anthropocene: catastrophe, extinction, fossil capital, warming, politics, ethics, interspecies relations, deep time, and Earth. This unique Companion offers a compelling account of how to read literature through the lens of the Anthropocene and how literature might yet contribute to envisioning a better world.

\n Weight: 500g\n
Dimension: 153 x 228 x 24 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781108724197\n \n