An Ecopoetics of Agency
Writing with the Nonhuman in Modernist and Contemporary Poetry
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2026
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-52836-9 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-52836-9 (ISBN)
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Establishing the existence of a category of poems from the Modernist and contemporary periods which give agency to nonhuman beings and texts themselves, this book puts form, often neglected within ecocriticism, at the centre of its definition of ecopoetics.
Focusing on a category of poems from the Modernist and contemporary periods which give agency to nonhuman beings and texts themselves, Sarah Bouttier puts form, often neglected within ecocriticism, at the center of the definition of ecopoetics.
Grounding ecopoetics in posthumanist ontologies (new materialism, flat ontology and Latour’s work on agency), Bouttier explores how the poems collapse the human/nonhuman divide and re-instil wonder at the nonhuman world.
By juxtaposing readings of Modernist poets such as D. H. Lawrence, Wallace Stevens and Marianne Moore with contemporary poets such as Les Murray, Pattiann Rogers, Alice Oswald and Kathleen Jamie, the book provides fresh insight into well-known works and offers a new perspective on contemporary ecopoetry.
Focusing on a category of poems from the Modernist and contemporary periods which give agency to nonhuman beings and texts themselves, Sarah Bouttier puts form, often neglected within ecocriticism, at the center of the definition of ecopoetics.
Grounding ecopoetics in posthumanist ontologies (new materialism, flat ontology and Latour’s work on agency), Bouttier explores how the poems collapse the human/nonhuman divide and re-instil wonder at the nonhuman world.
By juxtaposing readings of Modernist poets such as D. H. Lawrence, Wallace Stevens and Marianne Moore with contemporary poets such as Les Murray, Pattiann Rogers, Alice Oswald and Kathleen Jamie, the book provides fresh insight into well-known works and offers a new perspective on contemporary ecopoetry.
Sarah Bouttier is an Assistant Professor of English at École polytechnique, France and a member of PRISMES (Sorbonne Nouvelle, France). Her research interests include literature and the environment, art and science, posthumanism, ecofeminism, poetry and speculative fiction.
Introduction
1. The Nonhuman as Agent
2. The Nonhuman as Poet
3. A Language for the Nonhuman
4. Creaturely Poems
Conclusion: A new and quiet sense of space
Notes
References
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.2.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Environmental Cultures |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-52836-6 / 1350528366 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-52836-9 / 9781350528369 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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