 | Coming into Contact: Explorations in Ecocritical Theory and Practice Subjects: Ecology in literature; American literature -- History and criticism; Environmental literature -- History and criticism -- Theory etc.; Human ecology in literature; Environmental protection in literature; Nature in literature; Ecocriticism; A snapshot of ecocriticism in action, Coming into Contact collects sixteen previously unpublished essays that explore some of the most promising new directions in the study of literature and the environment. They look to previously unexamined or underexamined aspects of literature's relationship to the environment, including swamps, internment camps, Asian American environments, the urbanized Northeast, and lynching sites. The authors relate environmental discourse to practice, including the teaching of green design in composition classes, the restoration of damaged landscapes, the persuasive strategies of environmental activists, the practice of urban architecture, and the impact of human technologies on nature. Annie Merrill Ingram (Editor) ANNIE MERRILL INGRAM is an associate professor of English at Davidson College and former director of its Center for Interdisciplinary Studies. Ian Marshall (Editor) IAN MARSHALL is professor of English and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona. He is the author, most recently, of Peak Experiences: Walking Meditations on Literature, Nature, and Need and the coeditor of Coming into Contact: Essays in Ecocritical Theory and Practice (Georgia). Daniel J. Philippon (Editor) DANIEL J. PHILIPPON is an associate professor of rhetoric at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, where he is also director of the Program in Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Ethics. He is editor of a critical edition of Mabel Osgood Wright's The Friendship of Nature and coeditor of the anthology The Height of Our Mountains . Adam W. Sweeting (Editor) ADAM W. SWEETING, the author of Beneath the Second Sun and Reading Houses and Building Books , is an associate professor of humanities at Boston University, College of General Studies. |
