Modern Ecopoetry: Reading the Palimpsest of the More-Than-Human World

Abstract

Modern Ecopoetry: Reading the Palimpsest of the More-Than-Human World interrogates how humans’ relation to and confrontation with the nonhuman world is captured in or through poetry. It brings together contributions that explore how modern poetry addresses human beings’ relationship with the natural world, mirroring some of the most salient ecopoetic approaches to date. This collection is written from very di ferent corners of the globe and signi cantly adds to the existing body of work because, on the one hand, it continues to focus on the greening of poetry and, on the other, it expands its critical implementation in poetsnotnecessarilyincludedinmainstreamliterarycanons,bysetting them side by side regardless of their cultural background.