Romanticism and the Materiality of Nature
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (948 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802086977 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 253 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Oerlemans's wide-ranging study adds much to our understanding of Romantic-period thinkers and their relationship to the natural world.. Given current environmental concerns, it is not surprising to find literary critics and theorists surveying the Romantic poets with ecological hindsight. He explores not only the ideas of poets and artists, but also those of philosophers, scientists, and explorers.Oerlemans grounds his discussion in the works of specific Romantic authors, especially Wordsworth and Shelley, but also draws liberally on such fields as literary criticism, the philosophy of science, travel literature, environmentalist policy, art history, biology, geology, and genetics, creating
'By juxtaposing travel literature and vegetarianism, the horse paintings of George Stubbs and the animal poetry of John Clare, the material particularity of Wordsworth and the taxonomic theories of Foucault, Cuvier, and Darwin, Oerlemans creates a splendid cross-fertilizing of fields. The result is a very exciting, fresh consideration of the complex resonances between Romanticism and environmentalism, materiality and sublimity, and natural history and literature. Douglas Kneale, Department of English, University of Western Ontario . A welcome study.' J
Outstanding study Richard C. Sha Most romantic ecocriticism seems more to me about wish fulfillment than actuality. Ecocriticism is a way of making Romanticism central to the concerns of today. This book, by contrast, situates Romanticism within ecocriticism,but never in a facile way. The ma
Onno Oerlemans is an associate professor in the Department of English at Hamilton College.