Ecocriticism on the Edge: The Anthropocene as a Threshold Concept

Marc Notes: The 21st century has seen an increased awareness of the forms of environmental destruction that cannot immediately be seen, localised or, by some, even acknowledged. This book explores the possibility of a new mode of critical practice, one fully engaged with the destructive force of the planetary environmental crisis. Biographical Note: Timothy Clark is Professor of English at the University of Durham, UK. His previous publications include "The Poetics of Singularity" (2005) and "The Cambridge Introduction to Literature and the Environment "(2010). Table of Contents: AcknowledgmentsPreface Chapter One: The Anthropocene -- Questions of Definition Chapter Two: Imaging and Imagining the Whole Earth: The Terrestrial as Norm Chapter Three: Emergent Unreadability: Rereading a Lyric by Gary Snyder Chapter Four: Scale Framing Chapter Five: Scale Framing: A Reading Chapter Six: Postcolonial Ecocriticism and Dehumanizing Reading: An Australian Test-Case Chapter Seven: Anthropocene Disorder Chapter Eight: Denial: A Reading Chapter Nine: The Tragedy that Climate Change is not 'Interesting' Conclusion Contributor Bio:  Clark, Timothy Timothy Clark is Professor of English at Durham University.