Anthropocene Presences and the Limits of Deferral: Alexis Wright’s Carpentaria and The Swan Book
Literary criticism, particularly ecocriticism, occupies an uneasy position with regard to activism: reading books (or plays, or poems) seems like a rather leisurely activity to be undertaking if our environment—our planet—is in crisis. And yet, critiquing the narratives that structure worlds and dis...
Main Author: | Kylie Crane |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2019-02-01
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Series: | Open Library of Humanities |
Online Access: | https://olh.openlibhums.org/article/id/4546/ |
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