Explorations in Ecocriticism: Advocacy, Bioregionalism, and Visual Design

247 Pages·2015·19.008 MB·English

by  Paul Lindholdt

Explorations in Ecocriticism
Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Series Editor: Douglas A. Vakoch,
California Institute of Integral Studies, USA
AdvisoryBoard
JoniAdamson,ArizonaStateUniversity,USA;MagebAl-adwani,KingSaudUniversity,
Saudi Arabia; Bruce Allen, Seisen University, Japan; Hannes Bergthaller, National
Chung-HsingUniversity,Taiwan;ZéliaBora,FederalUniversityofParaíba,Brazil;Iza-
belBrandão,FederalUniversityofAlagoas,Brazil;ByronCaminero-Santangelo,Univer-
sity of Kansas, USA; Jeffrey J. Cohen, George Washington University, USA; Simão
Farias Almeida, Federal University of Roraima, Brazil; Julia Fiedorczuk, University of
Warsaw,Poland;CamiloGomides,UniversityofPuertoRico—RioPiedras,PuertoRico;
Yves-Charles Grandjeat, Michel de Montaigne-Bordeaux 3 University, France; George
Handley,BrighamYoungUniversity,USA;IsabelHoving,LeidenUniversity,TheNeth-
erlands;IdomThomasInyabri,UniversityofCalabar,Nigeria;SerenellaIovino,Univer-
sityofTurin,Italy;AdrianIvakhiv,UniversityofVermont,USA;DanielaKato,Zhong-
nan University of Economics and Law, China; Petr Kopecký, University of Ostrava,
Czech Republic; Mohammad Nasser Modoodi, Payame Noor University, Iran; Patrick
Murphy, University of Central Florida, USA; Serpil Oppermann, Hacettepe University,
Turkey;RebeccaRaglon,UniversityofBritishColumbia,Canada;AnuradhaRamanujan,
NationalUniversityofSingapore,Singapore;ChristianSchmitt-Kilb,UniversityofRos-
tock,Germany;MarianScholtmeijer,UniversityofNorthernBritishColumbia,Canada;
HeikeSchwarz,UniversityofAugsburg,Germany;MuraliSivaramakrishnan,Pondicher-
ry University, India; Scott Slovic, University of Idaho, USA; J. Etienne Terblanche,
North-WestUniversity,SouthAfrica;JuliaTofantšuk,TallinnUniversity,Estonia;Jenni-
ferWawrzinek, Free Universityof Berlin,Germany; ChengXiangzhan,ShandongUni-
versity, China; Yuki Masami, Kanazawa University, Japan; Hubert Zapf, University of
Augsburg,Germany
Ecocritical Theory and Practice highlights innovative scholarship at the interface of
literary/cultural studies and the environment, seeking to foster an ongoing dialogue be-
tween academics and environmental activists. Works that explore environmental issues
through literatures, oral traditions, and cultural/media practices around the world are
welcome.Theseriesfeaturesbooksbyestablishedecocriticsthatexaminetheintersection
of theory and practice, including both monographs and edited volumes. Proposals are
invitedintherangeoftopicsrelevanttoecocriticism,includingbutnotlimitedtoworks
informedbycross-culturalandtransnationalapproaches;postcolonialism;posthumanism;
ecofeminism; ecospirituality, ecotheology, and religious studies; film/media and visual
culturalstudies; environmentalaesthetics and arts;ecopoetics; ecophenomenology; eco-
psychology;animalstudies;andpedagogy.
RecentTitlesintheSeries
FeministEcocriticism:Environment,Women,andLiterature,eitedbyDouglasA.
Vakoch
Ecoambiguity,Community,andDevelopment:TowardaPoliticizedEcocriticism,edited
byScottSlovic,R.Swarnalatha,andVidyaSarveswaran
TransversalEcocriticalPraxis:TheoreticalArguments,LiteraryAnalysis,andCultural
Critique,byPatrickD.Murphy
UrbanEcologies:CitySpace,MaterialAgency,andEnvironmentalPoliticsin
ContemporaryCulture,byChristopherSchliephake
EcocriticismoftheGlobalSouth,editedbyScottSlovic,R.Swarnalatha,andVidya
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ExplorationsinEcocriticism:Advocacy,Bioregionalism,andVisualDesign,byPaul
Lindholdt

Explorations in Ecocriticism
Advocacy, Bioregionalism, and
Visual Design
Paul Lindholdt
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Contents
Introduction 1
1 EdgingTowardEcologyinEarlyAmericanNaturalHistory 7
2 LiteraryActivismandtheBioregionalAgenda 27
3 WestofWinthrop:LandscapeandLanguageinWashington
Territory 41
4 AnIconographyofSabotage 59
5 RageAgainsttheMachine:EdwardAbbeyandNeo-
LudditeThought 93
6 OverturestoSublimity:AssessingtheBureauof
ReclamationArtCollection 101
7 AmericanNatureWritingandtheWise-UseMovement 135
8 GreeningtheDramaticCanon:HenrikIbsen’sAnEnemyof
thePeople 155
9 GiftsandMisgivingsinPlace 169
10 RestoringBioregionsThroughAppliedComposition 185
Acknowledgments 203
WorksCited 205
Index 219
AbouttheAuthor 237
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