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Ecocriticism has steadily gained footing within the larger arena of early modern scholarship, and with the publication of well over a dozen monographs, essay collections, and special journal issues, literary studies looks increasingly 'green'; yet the field lacks a straightforward, easy-to-use guide to do with reading and teaching early modern texts ecocritically. Accessible yet comprehensive, the cutting-edge collection Ecological Approaches to Early Modern English Texts fills this gap. Organized around the notion of contact zones (or points of intersection, that have often been constructed asymmetrically-especially with regard to the human-nonhuman dichotomy), the volume reassesses current trends in ecocriticism and the Renaissance; introduces analyses of neglected texts and authors; brings ecocriticism into conversation with cognate fields and approaches (e.g., queer theory, feminism, post-coloniality, food studies); and offers a significant section on pedagogy, ecocriticism and early modern literature. Engaging points of tension and central interest in the field, the collection is largely situated in the 'and/or' that resides between presentism-historicism, materiality-literary, somatic-semiotic, nature-culture, and, most importantly, human-nonhuman. Ecological Approaches to Early Modern English Texts balances coverage and methodology; its primary goal is to provide useful, yet nuanced discussions of ecological approaches to reading and teaching a range of representative early modern texts. As a whole, the volume includes a diverse selection of chapters that engage the complex issues that arise when reading and teaching early modern texts from a green perspective.
Contents
Forward Carla Freccero
Introduction Jennifer Munroe, Lynne Bruckner, and Edward J. Geisweidt
Section I Theoretical Approaches
1 Tell Inconvenient Truths, But Tell Them Slant Robert N. Watson
2 Reading the Present in Our Environmental Past Ken Hiltner
3 Is It Really Ecocritical If It Isn't Feminist?: The Dangers of "Speaking For" in Ecological Studies and Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus Jennifer Munroe
Section II Reading Ecologically: Texts and Methodologies
4 Roses in Winter: Recipe Ecologies and Shakespeare's Sonnets Rebecca Laroche
5 Poetic Language, Practical Handbooks, and the "vertues" of Plants Jessica Rosenberg
6 The Beasts of Belmont and Venice Keith M. Botelho
7 Shakespeare and Slime: Notes on the Anthropocene Dan Brayton
8 Queerly Green: From Meaty to Meatless Days and Nights in Timon of Athens Simon C. Estok
9 "Bare and desolate now": Cultural Ecology and "The Description of Cookham" Louise Noble
10 The Ecology of Eating in Jonson's "To Penshurst" Amy Tigner
11 The Bastard Bomb: Illegitimacy and Population in Thomas Middleton's A Chaste Maid in Cheapside Edward J. Geisweidt
12 Ecocritical Milton Leah S. Marcus
Section III Approaches to Teaching Ecologically: Texts and Methodologies
13 Spenser's Moral Economy as Political Ecology: Teaching the Bower of Bliss Hillary Eklund
14 Reprocentric Ecologies: Pedagogy, Husbandry and A Midsummer Night's Dream Lynne Bruckner
15 Teaching Timon of Wolden Todd A. Borlik
16 "Th'Earth's Great Altar": Teaching Milton's Spiritual Ecology Mary (Mimi) C. Fenton
17 Marvell's "Upon Appleton House" and Tree-Felling: A Political Woodpecker Jeffrey Theis
Afterword: Post-script Karen Raber
