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Essential in the field	Customer Rating:
This is an absolutely essential collection; more than that, it is filled with incredible and illuminating thinking and writing. A must-have.

a solid introduction to ecocriticism

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This is the sort of book that makes every environmental scholar green with envy that they didn't pen it themselves. This book, together with only a few others, provides a powerful introduction to the growing field of ecocriticism. I have refered my students to this work and indeed found it to be very useful as a background reader and guide when penning my own recent book of ecocriticsm concerning contemporary nature writing about water - Deep Immersion: The Experience of Water.

A splendid collection of ecocritical essays

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If any reader has interest in ecocriticism, never miss this canonical book! The introduction by Cheryll Glotfelty draws an important map for ecocritical studies. This book has collected almost the most crucial essays by the most important scholars on this (interdisciplinary) field. Besides, this book also introduces top fifteen choices for further recommended reading and other useful references (including books, periodicals, and professional organizations). The contributors are briefly introduced as well. With the help of Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, I believe you will learn much more as myself.

The best collection of ecocriticism to date.	Customer Rating:
In my investigations, this is the first collection of ecocritical essays that attempts to lay a foundation and project a future. Ecocriticism is gaining popularity and is being accepted as a serious mode of discourse for literary studies. This book will help people understand the background and fundamentals behind this new tradition in literary criticism