Material Ecocriticism and Sylvan Agency in Speculative Fiction: The Forests of the World, 1st Edition eBook

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Material Ecocriticism and Sylvan Agency in Speculative Fiction: The Forests of the World links the examination of fictional forests and arboreal characters of speculative fiction with the literary approach of material ecocriticism and a conceptualization of a sylvan agency. Aiming to establish and situate the investigation of sylvan agency firmly within the context of material ecocriticism, this book offers a framework for reading fictional forests with an ecocritical, and particularly eco-sylvan, lens and applies it to the analysis of the sylvan realm, arboreal characters and the relationship between human characters and their fictional forests in speculative fiction. Drawing on the re-negotiation of matter and material agency, the comprehensive study of the sylvan realm establishes a sylvan and arboreal agency in speculative fiction, ranging from classics, such as J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy The Lord of the Rings (1954-55) or Ursula Le Guin’s science-fiction novella The Word for World is Forest (1961), to contemporary texts, such as James Cameron’s Avatar (2010) or Ali Shaw’s The Trees (2016). The author argues for a re-negotiation of a sylvan agency and facilitation of an eco-sylvan awareness in times of environmental crisis.

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Material Ecocriticism and Sylvan Agency in Speculative Fiction: The Forests of the World 1st Edition is written by Britta Maria Colligs and published by Lexington Books. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Material Ecocriticism and Sylvan Agency in Speculative Fiction are 9798216285823, and the print ISBNs are 9781666928761, 1666928763.