The ecology of wonder in Romantic and Postmodern literature [electronic resource] / Louise Economides.
2016
PR447 .E27 2016eb
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Title
The ecology of wonder in Romantic and Postmodern literature [electronic resource] / Louise Economides.
ISBN
9781137477507 (electronic book)
1137477504 (electronic book)
9781137482624
1137477504 (electronic book)
9781137482624
Published
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 214 pages).
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PR447 .E27 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
820.9/145
Summary
This book traces the aesthetic of wonder from the romantic period through contemporary philosophy and literature, arguing for its relevance to ecological consciousness. Most ecocritical scholarship tends to overshadow discussions of wonder with the sublime, failing to treat these two aesthetic categories as distinct. As a result, contemporary scholarship has conflated wonder and the sublime and ultimately lost the nuances that these two concepts conjure for readers and thinkers. Economides illuminates important differences between these aesthetics, particularly their negotiation of issues relevant to gender-based and environmental politics. In turn, readers can utilize the concept of wonder as an open-ended, non-violent framework in contrast to the ethos of domination that often surrounds the sublime.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-205) and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed June 6, 2016).
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Literatures, cultures, and the environment.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Wonder, nature and Romanticism's forgotten way
Wonder and Romantic ecology
Romanticism, scientific wonders, and the technological sublime
The environmental sublime and ecological melancholy
Wonder and tech in an age of ecological risk.
Wonder and Romantic ecology
Romanticism, scientific wonders, and the technological sublime
The environmental sublime and ecological melancholy
Wonder and tech in an age of ecological risk.