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digest 1998-01-14 #001


11:27 PM 1/13/98 -0800
From: "Society for Literature & Science" 

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Date: 13 Jan 1998 06:32:10 -0800
From: Joseph Carroll 
Subject: Re: Ecocriticism? (H-ASEH)
You can get some information from Karl Kroeber's *Ecological Literary
Criticism: Romantic Imagining and the Biology of Mind*.
At 10:47 PM 1/12/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Madeline Solomon , worthy daughter of Eric and Irene
>Solomon, hails us for information about "ecocriticism,"
which may be a
>long-awaited vehicle for reconstructionist (tm) literary analysis. 
If
>anyone can help her, it should be H-NEXA.
>
>
>
>Hi there,
>
>I'm not sure exactly what is meant by 'ecocriticism.' Perhaps
someone can
>help me out with a definition or some suggestions for reading
material.
>
>Thanks so much!
>
>Madeline Solomon
>msolomon@well.com
>
>
>
>
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Date: 13 Jan 1998 08:38:58 -0800
From: Linda Bergmann 
Subject: Re: Ecocriticism? (H-ASEH)
She should try the ASLE (American Society for Literature and the
Environment) list and web page.  The list address is 
At 10:47 PM 1/12/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Madeline Solomon , worthy daughter of Eric and Irene
>Solomon, hails us for information about "ecocriticism,"
which may be a
>long-awaited vehicle for reconstructionist (tm) literary analysis. 
If
>anyone can help her, it should be H-NEXA.
>
>
>
>Hi there,
>
>I'm not sure exactly what is meant by 'ecocriticism.' Perhaps
someone can
>help me out with a definition or some suggestions for reading
material.
>
>Thanks so much!
>
>Madeline Solomon
>msolomon@well.com
>
>
>
>
Linda S. Bergmann
Associate Professor of English and Director of Writing Across the
Curriculum
University of Missouri-Rolla
Rolla, MO  65409
(573) 341-4685
bergmann@umr.edu
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Date: 13 Jan 1998 15:03:26 -0800
From: noelg@deakin.edu.au (Noel Gough)
Subject: Re: Ecocriticism? (H-ASEH)
At 10:47 PM 12/1/98, Michael Gregory, NEXA/H-NEXA wrote:
>Madeline Solomon , worthy daughter of Eric and Irene
>Solomon, hails us for information about "ecocriticism,"
which may be a
>long-awaited vehicle for reconstructionist (tm) literary analysis. 
If
>anyone can help her, it should be H-NEXA.
>
>Hi there,
>
>I'm not sure exactly what is meant by 'ecocriticism.' Perhaps
someone can
>help me out with a definition or some suggestions for reading
material.
Ecocriticism--aka "the greening of literary studies"--emerged
(in North
America) during the mid-1980s; other initiatives have included the
launches
of _The American Nature Writing Newsletter_ in 1989, an Association for
the
Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) in 1992, and the journal
_ISLE:
Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment_ in 1993.
"Ecocriticism: the greening of literary studies", was the
title of a
special session at the 1991 Modern Language Association (MLA)
conference
and the original working title of an anthology eventually published as
_The
Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology_  (Cheryll Glotfelty
and
Harold Fromm eds. _The University of Georgia Press_ 1996).
Later this year (fall 1998) you should look for:
Murphy, Patrick D. (ed.) _The Literature of Nature: An International
Sourcebook_ (Chicago and London: Fitzroy Dearborn)
Noel Gough
Associate Professor
Deakin Centre for Education and Change
Deakin University
221 Burwood Highway
Burwood Victoria 3125
Australia
+61 (0)3 9244 3854 (voice)
+61 (0)3 9244 6752 (fax)
noelg@deakin.edu.au
http://www2.deakin.edu.au/e&c/dcec/members/Gough.html