Lilley Deborah, The New Pastoral in Contemporary British Writing
The book offers a useful outline of contemporary debates on pastoral in its relation to environmental crisis. At the same time as she delineates a new panorama of contemporary British writing, both fictional and non-fictional, Lilley aims to establish the pastoral as a critical tool to broach changi...
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| Published in: | Études britanniques contemporaines Vol. 60 |
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| Format: | Book Review Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée
01-06-2021
Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée |
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| Summary: | The book offers a useful outline of contemporary debates on pastoral in its relation to environmental crisis. At the same time as she delineates a new panorama of contemporary British writing, both fictional and non-fictional, Lilley aims to establish the pastoral as a critical tool to broach changing perspectives on the environment in response to a ‘crisis of understanding’ (1). Lilley cites and condenses the reference works of American pastoral critics Leo Marx and Lawrence Buell and of Bri... |
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| ISSN: | 1168-4917 2271-5444 |
| DOI: | 10.4000/ebc.10824 |