The Cambridge Companion to American Literature and the Environment

This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of American environmental literature and criticism, tracing its roots from the Manzanar War Relocation Camp to contemporary activism. It explores the transnational, settler colonial nature of America and offers a more-than-green definition of the environment. The volume demonstrates the relevance of literary methods in the interdisciplinary field of Environmental Humanities and models practices of literary reading shaped by this approach.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 300 pages
Publication date: 17 March 2022
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

This comprehensive companion provides a sweeping exploration of American environmental literature and criticism, spanning a vast expanse from the confines of the Manzanar War Relocation Camp in California to the picturesque island of St. Croix. It offers readers a broad and multifaceted definition of literature, a transnational and settler colonial understanding of America, and a more-than-green perspective on the environment. By demonstrating the interconnectedness of ecocriticism with fields such as Black feminism, food studies, decolonial activism, Latinx studies, Indigenous studies, queer theory, and carceral studies, the volume showcases the enduring relevance of literary methods within the rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field of Environmental Humanities. Moreover, it models practices of literary reading that have been shaped by this interdisciplinary shift, resulting in a volume that is invaluable to students seeking a comprehensive overview of American environmental literature/criticism, as well as established scholars seeking fresh approaches to the field.

Weight: 458g
Dimension: 152 x 228 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781108815277
Edition number: New ed