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Disconcerting ecologies : representations of non-indigenous belonging in contemporary Australian literature and cultural discoursePotter, Emily Claire. January 2003 (has links) (PDF)
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 313-325) Specific concern is the poetic, as well as literal, significance given to the environment, and in particular to land, as a measure of belonging in Australia. Environment is explored in the context of ecologies, offered here as an alternative configuration of the nation, and in which the subject, through human and non-human environmental relations, can be culturally and spatially positioned. Argues that both environment and ecology are narrowly defined in dominant discourses that pursue an ideal, certain and authentic belonging for non-indigenous Australians.
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Disconcerting ecologies : representations of non-indigenous belonging in contemporary Australian literature and cultural discourse / Emily Claire Potter. / Representations of non-indigenous belonging in contemporary Australian literature and cultural discoursePotter, Emily Claire January 2003 (has links)
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 313-325) / [6], 325 leaves ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Specific concern is the poetic, as well as literal, significance given to the environment, and in particular to land, as a measure of belonging in Australia. Environment is explored in the context of ecologies, offered here as an alternative configuration of the nation, and in which the subject, through human and non-human environmental relations, can be culturally and spatially positioned. Argues that both environment and ecology are narrowly defined in dominant discourses that pursue an ideal, certain and authentic belonging for non-indigenous Australians. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of English, 2003
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"Living Outside the Madness" : reform and ecology in the work of Henry Thoreau and Gary SnyderHiatt, Bryan 20 February 1997 (has links)
Recent conflicts in America concerning the environment (the harvesting of old growth
timber in the Pacific Northwest, or the proposed opening of public lands in southern Utah to mining
interests, for instance) have precipitated a personal examination of "historical others" (Jensen 64),
individuals that possess very different sensibilities from a larger capitalist culture. Two such
writers, Henry Thoreau and Gary Snyder, use the wilderness to enact alternative patterns of living
that are designed to change cultures that have lost touch with the land, and have spiraled into a
future where nature is a mere afterthought.
In response to the growth of his society, Thoreau built a cabin at Walden pond as an
experiment to determine if life could be lived simply and morally. His activities were an effort to
"wake up" his "neighbors" who were just beginning to explore capitalism. "Moral reform," Thoreau
believed, "is the effort to throw off sleep" (WAL 61). Thoreau's criticism of capitalism, agricultural
reform, and slavery were generated to help his culture understand what it is to live morally, and
"awake."
Gary Snyder is the voice of Thoreau in the late 20th century, and his work addresses a
world fully enveloped in capitalism. The exploitation of wild creatures and places by world
governments and multi-national corporations is the problem of the modern age for Snyder, and
place-based living is a way of dissenting from a consumption-oriented culture. Reform begins with
the individual living close to the land, but also involves people living in communities and creating
patterns of living that are ecologically stable.
This paper is, in an immediate sense, a comparison of two "American" non-conformists,
but it is also a response to cultural and environmental crises that both writers faced. Chapter I of
this study introduces Thoreau and Snyder and establishes the parameters of this paper. Chapter
II discusses Thoreau's views on capitalism, agricultural reform, and environmental degradation.
Chapter III highlights Snyder's interest in place-based living and bioregionalism. Chapter VI brings
Thoreau and Snyder together in a discussion of political and social reform. The final chapter of
this study reflects how Thoreau and Snyder mesh as ecological philosophers. / Graduation date: 1997
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Art of noticing : an essay on contemporary ecological writingWest, Rex Alan, 1967- 16 April 1992 (has links)
A number of thinkers are becoming increasingly persuaded
that our anthropocentric view of nature is inadequate, that we
need a "new morality" with regard to the environment. In this
essay, I argue that an alternative to anthropocentricism is
available to us now-and has been since at least 1836. I look at
three "checkpoints" in the evolution of environmental theory as
proof of this: 1) the publication of Emerson's book Nature, 2)
Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac, and 3) the contemporary
writing of Gretel Ehrlich, Gary Snyder, Wendell Berry, Mary
Oliver, and A. R. Ammons. In short, I show that all these writers
describe an aesthetic basis with which we may view nature that
leads to a system of ethical values. What they advocate is a
"moral framework" which I call noticing. My primary thesis is
that we don't need a "new morality": we need only turn to the
existing one these writers describe-and acknowledge it. / Graduation date: 1992
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Disconcerting ecologies : representations of non-indigenous belonging in contemporary Australian literature and cultural discourse /Potter, Emily Claire. January 2003 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of English, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 313-325).
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Guarding the wild a placed critical inquiry into literary culture in modern nations /Ball, Eric L., January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2003. / Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 276 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-276). Abstract available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center; full text release delayed at author's request until 2006 Feb. 20.
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Spirit astir in the world : sacred poetry in the age of ecology /Christensen, Laird Evan, January 1999 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 1999. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 356-371). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users. Address: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p9947971.
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Toward sustainable change : the legacy of William Morris, George Bernard Shaw, and H. G. Wells in the ecological discourse of contemporary science fiction /Spicer, Arwen, January 2005 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2005. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 261-272). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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An ecocritical study of William Carlos Williams, James Agee, and Stephen Crane by way of the visual artsRalph, Iris. January 1900 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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The ecological voice in recent German-Swiss proseListon, Andrew Adams January 2005 (has links)
This thesis seeks to investigate the ecological theme in German-Swiss prose of the last thirty years. The role of nature has understandably always been significant in Swiss literature. In a nation that has eked out its living, in such an impressive and violent landscape, there is of necessity a highly developed awareness of the environment. Furthermore, the close relationship between mankind and the environment is inherently ambiguous, with each acting alternately as curse and blessing to the other. The bond between people and geography is made all the more vital in the Alps, where existence is under the constant threat of avalanches and landslides. In light of this heightened environmental sensibility, it is unsurprising that, with the growing profile of ecological debate in general, Swiss writers should demonstrate an acute cognisance of the significance of ecological problems. The notion of an ecological voice takes the discussion further. The question is posed whether these works merely represent a reflection of societal concern for the environment, or whether literary responses may constitute solutions. This investigation therefore contributes both to literary criticism on Swiss writing and to the understanding of the role of conceptualisation in finding solutions to ecological problems. To explore and analyse these ideas, this thesis considers a representatively broad spectrum of differing responses to ecological crisis. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of recent Swiss ‘Öko-Literatur', but instead to be an investigation of the variety of narrative strategies employed in this period of growing ecological awareness.
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