Ecocriticism and the Island explores island-themed creative non-fiction, offering new insights into the work of authors such as Tim Robinson, Brenda Chamberlain, Christine Evans, W.G. Sebald, Stephen Watts, Amy Liptrot, Kathleen Jamie, Adam Nicolson, Robert Macfarlane, and David Gange. It contributes to the development of an archipelagic strand of ecocriticism, providing a valuable perspective on human-environmental relationships in an Anthropocene context.

Format: Hardback
Length: 276 pages
Publication date: 07 January 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Islands have captivated the human imagination for centuries, but in recent decades, they have exerted an increasingly powerful centrifugal force, drawing writers to the outer edges of the British-Irish archipelago in search of inspiration and insight. Ecocriticism and the Island explores a wide selection of island-themed creative non-fiction, drawing on contemporary ecocritical approaches, island studies, and emergent archipelagic perspectives. Through a combination of textual analysis, and, where possible, original interviews and archival research, Pippa Marland offers new insights into the work of Tim Robinson, Brenda Chamberlain, Christine Evans, W.G. Sebald, Stephen Watts, Amy Liptrot, Kathleen Jamie, Adam Nicolson, Robert Macfarlane, and David Gange. In assessing the ways in which these authors negotiate existing cultural tropes of the island while offering their own distinctive articulations of "islandness," this book represents an important intervention into island literary studies. At the same time, it contributes to the development of an archipelagic strand of ecocriticism—one that offers a valuable perspective on human-environmental relationships in an Anthropocene context.

Islands: A Centrifugal Force in Literature

Islands have long been the subject of cultural fascination, but in recent decades, they have exerted an increasingly powerful centrifugal force, sending writers to the outer edges of the British-Irish archipelago in search of inspiration and insight. Drawing on contemporary ecocritical approaches, island studies, and emergent archipelagic perspectives, Ecocriticism and the Island explores a wide selection of island-themed creative non-fiction. Through a combination of textual analysis, and, where possible, original interviews and archival research, Pippa Marland offers new insights into the work of Tim Robinson, Brenda Chamberlain, Christine Evans, W.G. Sebald, Stephen Watts, Amy Liptrot, Kathleen Jamie, Adam Nicolson, Robert Macfarlane, and David Gange. In assessing the ways in which these authors negotiate existing cultural tropes of the island while offering their own distinctive articulations of "islandness," this book represents an important intervention into island literary studies. At the same time, it contributes to the development of an archipelagic strand of ecocriticism—one that offers a valuable perspective on human-environmental relationships in an Anthropocene context.

Weight: 566g
Dimension: 158 x 237 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781786607089