Introduction to Ecocriticism
Greening the Library: The Fundamentals and Future of Ecocriticism (PDF File)
By Loretta Johnson. Published in Choice (December 2009).
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Recent Ecocritical Studies of English Renaissance Literature (PDF File)
From English Literary Renaissance 37.1 (Feb. 2007)
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Nobel Prize: A Shot in the Arm for African Eco-Criticism
From The Nation (Nairobi), 24 Oct. 2004
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Blues in the Green: Ecocriticism under Critique
From Environmental History 9.1 (Jan. 2004)
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Publishing, Writing, and Reading the Literature of Place: A Four-Part Series
Part One: From The Exchange (Spring 2003): pp. 2-4 (pdf)
Part Two: From The Exchange (Summer 2003): pp. 1, 3-4 (pdf)
Part Three: From The Exchange (Fall 2003): pp. 1, 4-5 (pdf)
Part Four: From The Exchange (Winter 2004): pp. 6-7 (pdf)
Bibliography: Writing of Place and Nature (html)
“Ecocriticism”
(PDF File)
By Kate Rigby. Chapter 7 in Julian Wolfreys (ed.), Introducing Criticism at the Twenty-First Century, Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP (May 2002). pp 151-78.
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A Report Card on Ecocriticism
From AUMLA 96 (Nov. 2001)
In the Green Team: James Hopkin Looks at How Eco-critics are Sending Ripples through Literature
From The Guardian, 12 May 2001
Nature 101: Gazing at crows, pondering Thoreau, counting the needles of pines--it's all part of an academic adventure known as environmental studies
From Sierra, Nov./Dec. 2000
Forum on Literatures of the Environment
From PMLA 114.5 (Oct. 1999)
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Ecocriticism at the MLA: A Roundtable (pdf)
From ASLE News 11.1 (Spring 1999)
Ecocriticism: Natural World in the Literary Viewfinder (pdf)
by Serpil Oppermann (1999)
Birds and Bees 101: Finding Nature in Literature
From The Hartford Courant 16 Dec. 1998
Wild Things: Forget deconstruction--today's hippest literary critics have gone green
From Utne Reader, Nov.-Dec. 1997
Science and Ecocriticism
From The American Book Review, July-August 1997
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Swampy's Smart Set
From The Times Higher Education Supplement, 4 July 1997
Only God Can Make a Tree: The Joys and Sorrows of Ecocriticism
From The Boston Book Review, Nov./Dec. 1996
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Scholars Embark on Study of Literature About the Environment
From The Chronicle of Higher Education, 9 August 1996
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The Greening of the Humanities (excerpt)
From The New York Times Magazine, 29 October 1995
Narrative Scholarship: Storytelling in Ecocriticism
Nineteen Position Papers from the 1995 Western Literature Association Meeting
Defining Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Sixteen Position Papers from the 1994 Western Literature Association Meeting