Cosmological Readings of Contemporary Australian Literature Unsettling the Anthropocene

• Main Author: Bartha-Mitchell, Kathrin
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2024; Taylor & Francis; Taylor and Francis
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Environmental Literature, Culture and Media
• Subjects: Anthropocene; Australia; Australian literature; Ecocriticism; Ecology; Environmental humanities; Environmental justice; Environmental literature; Fiction; Indigenous studies; Literary; Literary Criticism; Nature; Postcolonialism; Subjects & Themes; Ecocriticism; Environmental literature; Indigenous studies; Anthropocene; Australian literature; Postcolonialism; Australia; Environmental justice; Environmental humanities

This book presents an innovative and imaginative reading of contemporary Australian literature in the context of unprecedented ecological crisis. The Australian continent has seen significant, rapid changes to its cultures and land-use from the impact of British colonial rule, yet there is a rich hi...