German Ecocriticism in the Anthropocene (Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment)

This book offers essays on both canonical and non-canonical German-language texts and films, advancing ecocritical models for German Studies, and introducing environmental issues in German literature and film to a broader audience. This volume contextualizes the broad-ranging topics and authors in terms of the Anthropocene, beginning with Goethe and the Romantics and extending into twenty-first-century literature and film. Addressing the growing need for environmental awareness in an international humanities curriculum, this book complements ecocritical analyses emerging from North American and British studies with a specifically German Studies perspective, opening the door to a transnational understanding of how the environment plays an integral role in cultural, political, and economic issues.

• | Author: Caroline Schaumann, Heather I. Sullivan
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Apr 19, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 359 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Literary Criticism
• | ISBN-10: 1137559853
• | ISBN-13: 9781137559852