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Dead and Alive
Smith gives a masterclass in the modern essay. In Dead and Alive, Zadie Smith once again confirms that she is among the most expert essayists of her generation . . . Even when she writs about death, disillusionment, or the absurdity of fame, “protect your consciousness,” she advises, and this book feels like an act of protection in itself – an argument for stillness, attention, and moral imagination in a distracted world. Smith has written a generous, fiercely intelligent collection that reminds us why essays matter. They keep us awake, alive, and, in Smith’s words, “just human enough to hope”
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Dead and Alive
Smith gives a masterclass in the modern essay. In Dead and Alive, Zadie Smith once again confirms that she is among the most expert essayists of her generation . . . Even when she writs about death, disillusionment, or the absurdity of fame, “protect your consciousness,” she advises, and this book feels like an act of protection in itself – an argument for stillness, attention, and moral imagination in a distracted world. Smith has written a generous, fiercely intelligent collection that reminds us why essays matter. They keep us awake, alive, and, in Smith’s words, “just human enough to hope”
€ 30,50 -
Dead and Alive
Smith gives a masterclass in the modern essay. In Dead and Alive, Zadie Smith once again confirms that she is among the most expert essayists of her generation . . . Even when she writs about death, disillusionment, or the absurdity of fame, “protect your consciousness,” she advises, and this book feels like an act of protection in itself – an argument for stillness, attention, and moral imagination in a distracted world. Smith has written a generous, fiercely intelligent collection that reminds us why essays matter. They keep us awake, alive, and, in Smith’s words, “just human enough to hope”
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Decolonizing Wilderness Adventure Narratives
For some outdoor enthusiasts, the word “wilderness” means “free of people”. This book shows that many beloved stories of outdoor adventure forget that people have lived in and with the natural spaces of North America since long before Europeans arrived. When we read Western narratives in partnership with Indigenous authored narratives, a new paradigm of human-nature relations begins to emerge.Divided into three sections, the book creates a conversation between texts by non-Indigenous and Indigenous writers. Nature adventure stories by non-Indigenous writers can re-colonize space and perceptions of space whereas narratives from Indigenous writers demonstrate that “nature” (or land) is neither empty nor ownable—not an object but rather a relation. The first section, “Growing,” delves into literature for children and young adults about adventures in outdoor spaces. “Moving” explores the joy and struggle of outdoor athleticism, and “Dwelling,” examines stories of “being in place” to seek out how relationship with land is defined.As Cree writer Harold Johnson has pointed out, stories define our inner worlds and then also come to define the outer world around us. This book brings together two very different approaches to nature writing to initiate a dialogue between Western and Indigenous literary responses to experiencing land. Ultimately, Decolonizing Wilderness Adventure Narratives aims to reorient the stories of the land (including its peoples) from one of ownership to one of respectful relationship.
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Barbara Kingsolver's World
Nature, Art, and the Twenty-First Century, Revised EditionOne of the most insightful—and prolific—of American literary scholars, Linda Wagner-Martin here offers an excellent eco-critical reading of Barbara Kingsolver’s work, written in Wagner-Martin’s lucid, accessible prose. Focusing on what she calls ‘the reciprocity between the human and the natural,’ Wagner-Martin discusses natural elements even in those Kingsolver works—such as The Lacuna—that are usually viewed as political novels. She is especially good on Kingsolver’s new and ‘strangely foreboding’ Flight Behavior.
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Barbara Kingsolver's World
Nature, Art, and the Twenty-First Century, Revised EditionOne of the most insightful—and prolific—of American literary scholars, Linda Wagner-Martin here offers an excellent eco-critical reading of Barbara Kingsolver’s work, written in Wagner-Martin’s lucid, accessible prose. Focusing on what she calls ‘the reciprocity between the human and the natural,’ Wagner-Martin discusses natural elements even in those Kingsolver works—such as The Lacuna—that are usually viewed as political novels. She is especially good on Kingsolver’s new and ‘strangely foreboding’ Flight Behavior.
€ 131,95 -
Under the Literary Microscope
Science and Society in the Contemporary Novel“By examining the creative space opened up by science novels, the book helps, in turn, to open up and establish an interdisciplinary space. Under the Literary Microscope is both an introduction and a valuable contribution to the study of the relationship between science, society and fiction.” —Peter Broks Public Understanding of Science
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Anthropocene Realism
Fiction in the Age of Climate ChangeThe book considers the poetics of twenty-first century climate change fiction, focusing on realism and exploring the realist mode as a means to engage readers with what is without doubt one of, if not the, most pressing problem of our day: climate change
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Under the Literary Microscope
Science and Society in the Contemporary NovelA collection of essays examining literary discussions of the role of science, focusing on the interactions between processes of knowledge formation and the socioeconomic and political spheres.
€ 109,95 -
Fixed Identities in a Changing World? Mobility as a Catalyst for Eco-Heroism
Academic Paper from the year 2019 in the subject Didactics - English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,3, University of Bamberg, language: English, abstract: In my paper I want to investigate the connection between mobility and ecoheroism, because I want to find out whether mental and physical mobility can be seen as a catalyst for starting an eco-journey. I want to show that Barbara Kingsolver's protagonist Dellarobia is an eco-heroine driven by her mental and physical mobility throughout the book, which is started by an environmental abnormality: the appearance of Monarch Butterflies. I examine the realities of climate change as they are presented in "Flight Behavior" and how Dellarobiäs starting recognitionthat climate change exists corresponds with her understanding of natural processes and unfair power dynamics. Dellarobia frees herself from the dualistic culture and the restrictions of motherhood, because she is realizing the truths and effects of climate change and want to create a better future for others -her kids. Her personal growth as an independent woman comes through her transformation into an environmentally aware individual. My investigation is supposed to help readers understand the importance of mobility for eco-heroism not only as a catalyst for Dellarobia becoming an eco-heroine, but I would argue, that recognizing the protagonist¿s development in "Flight Behaviour" [sic.] as a reader, helps to overcome denial of climate change, activates concern and creates awareness.
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Barbara Kingsolver
A Critical CompanionIntroducing readers to Kingsolver, the author devotes a chapter to her life and work showing how the two are deeply intertwined. The text subsequently analyzes each novel in terms of plot and character development, thematic content, symbolism, and the importance of place and language.
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Understanding Lorrie Moore
The recipient of the 1998 O Henry Award and the 2004 Rea Award for the Short Story, Lorrie Moore is best known for her short fiction. This book shows that Moore's virtuosic prose, wry humor, and sense of irony are tools for registering how Americans face the discomfort of their daily lives as individuals and as a nation.
€ 33,50