Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment

Schaumann, Caroline; Sullivan, Heather I.

This book offers essays on both canonical and non-canonical German-language texts and films, advancing ecocritical models for German Studies, and introducing environmental issues in German literature and film to a broader audience. This volume contextualizes the broad-ranging topics and authors in terms of the Anthropocene, beginning with Goethe and the Romantics and extending into twenty-first-century literature and film. Addressing the growing need for environmental awareness in an international humanities curriculum, this book complements ecocritical analyses emerging from North American and British studies with a specifically German Studies perspective, opening the door to a transnational understanding of how the environment plays an integral role in cultural, political, and economic issues.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2017-04-19

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137559852

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-54222-9

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 348