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Author:   Joan Anderson Ashford ,  Randy Malamud
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.290kg
ISBN:  

9780786469741

ISBN 10:   0786469749
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   21 May 2012
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Foreword by Randy Malamud      Introduction      1. Freud, Bakhtin, and Rabbit: An Ecocritical Look at Totem, Animism, and the Rogue in John Updike’s Rabbit, Run      2. And the Word Was Made Metaphor: Oedipa’s Religious Instant in Thomas Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49      3. Nature, God, and Politics: Deep Ecology and Spinozan Theory in Bernard Malamud’s The Fixer      4. Apocalypse Visited: Toxic Consciousness in Don DeLillo’s White Noise      5. Re- Weaving Master Metaphors in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Almanac of the Dead      6. Interlocking Pillars of Oppression: Ecofeminist Theology in Toni Morrison’s Paradise      7. Theories of Ecotheology in Barbara Kingsolver’s Prodigal Summer      8. Sophia’s Table and Nuclear Narrative in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road      Conclusion      Bibliography      Index     

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Ashford argues that humankind's alienation from the spiritual realm has created the disenfranchisement from nature, and therefore the lack of respect for nature --Reference & Research Book News.

Ashford argues that humankind's alienation from the spiritual realm has created the disenfranchisement from nature, and therefore the lack of respect for nature --<i>Reference & Research Book News</i>.

Author Information

Joan Anderson Ashford lives in Conyers, Georgia, where she teaches Bible studies and writing classes.

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