Davies, J (2018) Romantic ecocriticism: History and prospects. Literature Compass, 15 (9). e12489. ISSN 1741-4113
Abstract
This essay examines the origins, development, and future of Romantic ecocriticism. British Romanticism has always been central to discussions of literature and the environment. Here, I offer the most extensive assessment to date of relevant scholarship. I concentrate on book‐length studies of British literature circa 1780–1830, generally excluding books about individual authors. I close by outlining a new agenda for the field. Instead of claiming to reveal the origins of contemporary environmental sensibilities, I argue, Romantic ecocritics should work towards a critical history of regimes of environmental exploitation. Part one of the essay analyses the paths taken and not taken in ecocritical studies of the Romantic period between 1970 and 2000. Part two parses the diversity of Romantic ecocriticism in the early twenty‐first century. Part three argues that Romantic ecocriticism's central concern should be the environmental changes associated with the industrial revolution.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Davies J. Romantic ecocriticism: History and prospects. Literature Compass. 2018;15:e12489, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/lic3.12489. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of English (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Aug 2018 09:00 |
Last Modified: | 24 Aug 2020 00:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/lic3.12489 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:134169 |