literary environmentalism

When Did Ecocriticism Emerge?

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When Did Ecocriticism Emerge? Emerging in the 1980s on the shoulders of the environmental movement begun in the 1960s with the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, ecocriticism has been and continues to be an “earth-centered approach” (Glotfelty xviii) the complex intersections between environment and culture, believing that “human culture … Why do we have

Who Is The Father Of Ecocriticism?

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Who Is The Father Of Ecocriticism? (5) William Rueckert is believed to have coined the term “ecocriticism” in 1978, which he defines as “the application of ecology and ecological concepts to the study of literature.” Who is William Rueckert? William Dodge Rueckert has served on TC’s Board of Trustees since1997 and as its Co-Chair since