Nature, technology and cultural change in twentieth-century German literature : the challenge of ecocriticism
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Nature, technology and cultural change in twentieth-century German literature : the challenge of ecocriticism
（New perspectives in German studies）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
- : hardback
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-322) and index
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Description
This book traces shifting attitudes towards science and technology, nature and the environment in Twentieth-century Germany. It approaches them through discussion of a range of literary texts and explores the philosophical influences on them and their political contexts, and asks what part novels and plays have played in environmental debate.
Table of Contents
Introduction PART I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES Nature in German Culture PART II: CRITIQUES OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Goethe as Ecophilosophical Inspiration and Literary Model From Modernist Catastrophe to Postmodern Survival PART III: NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN NATURE AND CULTURE Heideggerian Ecopoetics and the Nature Poetry Tradition The Call of the Wild Greening the City PART IV: CONCLUSION Nature as a Cultural Project
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