Literature as Cultural Ecology

Drawing on the latest debates in ecocritical theory and sustainability studies, Literature as Cultural Ecology: Sustainable Texts outlines a new approach to the reading of literary texts. Hubert Zapf considers the ways in which literature operates as a form of cultural ecology, using language, imagi...

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Main Author: Hubert Zapf (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Bloomsbury Academic 2016
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