Writing landscape and setting in the anthropocene: Britain and beyond

Philippa Holloway*, Craig Jordan-Baker

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This edited collection offers an in-depth exploration of the role of landscape and place as literary 'settings'. It examines the multifaceted relationships between authors, narrators, and characters to their locales, as well as broader considerations of the significance of the representation of landscape in a world deeply affected by human interventions. Consisting of case studies of projects that engage with these questions, as well as research examining the theoretical underpinnings of both creative practices/processes and post-textual analysis of published works, this volume is both multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary in scope. In the context of the climate crisis and a pandemic which has caused us to re-evaluate the significance of landscape and the environment, it responds to the need to engage current trends within the academy and in broader social debate about our relationship to the natural world.

Original languageEnglish
PublisherSpringer International Publishing Switzerland
Number of pages300
ISBN (Electronic)9783031499555
ISBN (Print)9783031499548
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 May 2024

Keywords

  • Climate crisis
  • Climate fiction
  • Embodied perception
  • Human intervention
  • Literature and the environment
  • Nature writing
  • Pandemic
  • Pastoralism
  • Psychogeography
  • Romanticism
  • Urban literature

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