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Literature for a changing planet

Puchner, Martin, 1969-2022
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Reading literature in a time of climate emergency can sometimes feel a bit like fiddling while Rome burns. Yet, at this turning point for the planet, scientists, policymakers, and activists have woken up to the power of stories in the fight against global warming. In 'Literature for a Changing Planet,' Martin Puchner ranges across four thousand years of world literature to draw vital lessons about how we put ourselves on the path of climate change - and how we might change paths before it's too late. From the 'Epic of Gilgamesh' and the West African 'Epic of Sunjata' to the 'Communist Manifesto,' Puchner reveals world literature in a new light - as an archive of environmental exploitation and a product of a way of life responsible for climate change.
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Imprint:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022]©2022
Collation:
145 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780691213750 (hbk)
Dewey class:
809.9336809.933
Language:
English
BRN:
858805
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