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- Title
Anthropocene Frontiers: The Place of Environment in Western Studies.
- Authors
Goldberg, Sylvan
- Abstract
The article talks about the theme of environment in western American literary studies, focusing on the Anthropocene. Topics discussed include the threat posed by climate change to both human and nonhuman, the portrayal of the American West by Henry Nash Smith in his book "Virgin Land" in 1950, and the revival of the term "ecocriticism" by critic Cheryll Glotfelty. Also mentioned is the effect of human activities on environment.
- Subjects
ECOLOGY in literature; WEST (U.S.) in literature; ANTHROPOCENE Epoch; AMERICAN literature; CLIMATE change; SMITH, Henry Nash; ECOCRITICISM
- Publication
Western American Literature, 2018, Vol 53, Issue 1, p21
- ISSN
0043-3462
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/wal.2018.0020