Forest Ecology and Fantasy Fiction : Morris, Tolkien, Le Guin (Explorations in Science and Literature)

Dobrzynski, Dion

Bloomsbury Academic（2026/02発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 240 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781350547575

Full Description

Examining books by William Morris, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Ursula K. Le Guin, three of the most influential writers of the modern fantasy tradition, this book explores how fantasy writers engage with forest ecologies, histories and futures - both real and imagined - at a time when fantasies of a more sustainable society must be realised.

Focusing on themes of escape, enchantment, experiment and engagement, this book demonstrates the significance of forest environments in the fantastic imagination, brings together ecocritical and fantasy scholarship in conversation with the environmental and social sciences, and examines the ways in which the fantastic imagination may be used as a creative form of environmental engagement today.

Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations

Introduction
1. Escape
2. Enchantment
3. Experiment
4. Engagement
Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index