Narrating the Mesh : Form and Story in the Anthropocene /

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"This book argues that humans have a natural, biologically driven preference for organic form in syntax and text"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Caracciolo, Marco (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Narration (Rhetoric)
Human ecology.
Fiction.
Ecocriticism.
Climatic changes in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Nature
Fiction > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Narrative and Interlocking Forms
  • 1. Complex Narrative in the Anthropocene
  • Part I. Nonlinearity
  • 2. The Form of the Butterfly
  • 3. Negative Strategies and Nonlinear Temporality in Postapocalyptic Fiction
  • Part II. Interdependency
  • 4. Five Ways of Looking at Nonhuman Actants
  • 5. Minding the Anthropocene
  • Part III. Multiscalarity
  • 6. Metaphorical Patterns in Anthropocene Fiction
  • 7. Metaphor, Scale, and the Value of Conceptual Trouble
  • Coda: Thinking beyond Literary Form
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index
  • Recent books in the series

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