Skip to content
Vinony

The nature of cities

by Bennett, Michael, David W. Teague

Cover of The nature of cities
Popularity 1

""Cities are often thought to be separate from nature, but recent trends in ecocriticism demand that we consider them as part of the total environment. This new collection of essays sharpens the focus on the nature of cities by exploring the facets of an urban ecocriticism, by reminding city dwellers of their place in ecosystems, and by emphasizing the importance of this connection in understanding urban life and culture. The Nature of Cities offers the ecological component often missing from cultural analyses of the city and the urban perspective often lacking in environmental approaches to contemporary culture. By bridging the historical gap between environmentalism, cultural studies, and urban experience, the book makes a statement of lasting importance to the development of the ecocritical movement.""--Publisher's description."

English literaturePopular cultureEnvironmental literatureCity and town life in literatureHistory and criticismAmerican literatureCities and towns in literatureNature in literatureEcocriticismEcology in literatureUrban ecologyUrban ecology (Sociology)