Feder, Helena,

Ecocriticism and the Idea of Culture : Biology and the Bildungsroman / Helena Feder, East Carolina University, USA. - Farnham, Surrey, England : Burlington, VT, Burlington, VT. - 179 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-168) and index.

Introduction, biology and the idea of culture -- Candide and the dialectic of enlightenment -- Ecocriticism and the production of monstrosity in Frankenstein -- Placing modernity in Orlando -- Consuming culture in a small place and among flowers -- Dehumanization, animality, and the bildungsroman.

9781409401575 (hbk) 140940157X (hbk)

2013026671

GBB402537 bnb

016597313 Uk


Bildungsromans--History and criticism.
Ecology in literature.
Nature in literature.


Criticism, interpretation, etc.

PN3448.B54 / F43 2014 PN3448.B54 / F43 2014