Greening the Maple: Canadian Ecocriticism in Context

by Ella Soper (Editor), Nicholas Bradley (Editor), Northrop Frye (Contributor)

Ecocriticism can be described in very general terms as the investigation of the many ways in which culture and the environment are interrelated and conceptualized. Ecocriticism aspires to understand and often to celebrate the natural world, yet it does so indirectly by focusing primarily on written texts. Hailed as one of the most timely and provocative developments in literary and cultural studies of recent decades, it has also been greeted with bewilderment or scepticism by those for whom its aims and methods are unclear. This book seeks to bring into view the development of ecocriticism in the context of Canadian literary studies. Selections include work by Margaret Atwood, Northrop Frye, Sherrill Grace, and Rosemary Sullivan.

With contributions
Margaret Atwood
Pamela Banting
D.M.R. Bentley
Carrie Dawson
MisaoDean
Adam Dickinson
Northrop Frye
Sherrill E. Grace
Nelson Gray
Gabriele Helms
Linda Hutcheon
Jenny Kerber
Cheryl Lousley
Travis V. Mason
Linda Morra
Heather Murray
Susie O'Brien
Stephanie Posthumus
Laurie Ricou
Elise Salaun
Catriona Sandilands
Rosemary Sullivan
Rita Wong

624 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013