French 'Ecocritique'

Reading Contemporary French Theory and Fiction Ecologically

By: Stephanie Posthumus

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Hardcover | 7 November 2017

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264 Pages

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French Ecocritique is the first book-length study of the culturally specific ways in which contemporary French literature and theory raise questions about nature and environment. Stephanie Posthumus's ground-breaking work brings together thinkers such as Guattari, Latour, and Serres with recent ecocritical theories to complicate what might otherwise become a reductive notion of "French ecocriticism." Working across contemporary philosophy and literature, the book defines the concept of the ecological as an attentiveness to specific nature-culture contexts and to a text's many interdiscursive connections. Posthumus identifies four key concepts, ecological subjectivity, ecological dwelling, ecological politics, and ecological ends, for changing how we think about human-nature relations. French Ecocritique highlights the importance of moving beyond canonical ecocritical texts and examining a diversity of cultural and literary traditions for new ways of imagining the environment.

Industry Reviews

'Highly recommended.' -- H. Freed-Thall * Choice Magazine vol 55:10:2018 *
"Posthumus's book appears destined to become one of the most important resources for scholars interested in French ecological thought and fiction. It also promises to spark more interest in a field of study that has been relegated to the periphery in French and Francophone studies." -- Keith Moser, Mississippi State University * The French Review *
"...Posthumus's goal is to provide (eco)critical points of convergence, and she does so with great attention to coherence and detail...The book will of course be a reference for scholars working in French ecocriticism, but should not be overlooked by ecocritics from other linguistic traditions..." -- Pauline Goul, Vassar College * H-France Review Vol. 19, no 76 *

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