{"product_id":"9780271078724-anthropocene-reading","title":"Anthropocene Reading","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLiterary History in Geologic Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsiders the implications of the Anthropocene, the proposed geological epoch in which a human “signature” appears in the lithostratigraphic record, for literary history and critical method. Explores the status of reading in the history of geology, and of geohistory in literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew terms have garnered more attention recently in the sciences, humanities, and public sphere than the Anthropocene, the proposed epoch in which a human “signature” appears in the lithostratigraphic record. \u003ci\u003eAnthropocene Reading\u003c\/i\u003e considers the implications of this concept for literary history and critical method.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEntering into conversation with geologists and geographers, this volume reinterprets the cultural past in relation to the anthropogenic transformation of the Earth system while showcasing how literary analysis may help us conceptualize this geohistorical event. The contributors examine how a range of literary texts, from \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e to contemporary dystopian novels to the poetry of Emily Dickinson, mediate the convergence of the social institutions, energy regimes, and planetary systems that support the reproduction of life. They explore the long-standing dialogue between imaginative literature and the earth sciences and show how scientists, novelists, and poets represent intersections of geological and human timescales, the deep past and a posthuman future, political exigency and the carbon cycle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccessibly written and representing a range of methodological perspectives, the essays in this volume consider what it means to read literary history in the Anthropocene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributors include Juliana Chow, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, Thomas H. Ford, Anne-Lise François, Noah Heringman, Matt Hooley, Stephanie LeMenager, Dana Luciano, Steve Mentz, Benjamin Morgan, Justin Neuman, Jennifer Wenzel, and Derek Woods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40743273562209,"sku":"9780271078724","price":94.32,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28027709.jpg?v=1730224482","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780271078724-anthropocene-reading","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}