Each chapter consists of a list of works in the genre with some connection to ecological issues and a plot summary no longer than a sentence.

"This volume advances the ecocritical conversation among Latin Americanists, furthering insight into the relationship between humans and their environments, transcending national boundaries by addressing diverse regions. The forms of environmental criticism practiced converge with literary history, aesthetic theory, postcolonialism, and Marxism, broadening the ecocritical approach and providing a strong overview to this growing critical movement"--Provided...

"Ecocritical study of multicultural literature of the American Southwest, Xerophilia centers on the love of desert places to examine how Southwestern writers contribute to a sustainable bioregional culture. Analyzes a variety of genres in terms of environmental justice theory, phenomenology, border studies, ehtnography, entomology, conservation biology, environmental history, and ecoaesthetics"--Provided by publisher.

This work examines relationships between humans, animals, and the environment. Divided into two sections that consider the postcolonial from environmental and zoocritical perspectives, the book looks at narratives of development in postcolonial writing, entitlement and belonging in pastoral, and much more.

An ecocritical lens allows for the interpretation of the role of the environment within a literary text. Five novels by Herman HessePeter Camenzind, Beneath the Wheel, knulp, Siddhartha, and Narcissus and Goldmundas well as several poems, are read from an ecocritical perspectice to show how Hesse's main characters interact with the natural world. Each of these characters forms connections with nature in his home place, on a journey away from home,...