Beschreibung:
This book identifies a major turn in contemporary British literature in response to environmental crisis. It argues that the pastoral is emerging as a new critical framework in which to explore the understanding of people and place in this context.
Introduction 1. Pastoral and Ecology in Contemporary British Writing 2. Taking Care: Pastoral and New British Nature Writing 3. Pastoral Relations: People, Place, and Nature in Contemporary British Literary Fiction 4. Uncertain Nature: Environmental Crisis in Pastoral 5. Conclusion: The New Pastoral in Twenty-First Century Britain