Lagoonscapes

The Venice Journal of Environmental Humanities

Arboreal Ecocriticism

open access | peer reviewed
Abstract

The articles collected in this special issue devoted to what we are calling “Arboreal Ecocriticism” exhibit tree-consciousness in a variety of cultural, linguistic, and national traditions, including Australian Aboriginal poetry, Moroccan fiction, Indian activist prose, Turkish shamanistic fiction, French literature, and Taiwanese folklore.

Keywords Life writing • Kallen Pokkudan • The political • The sacred • Veronica Lake • The social • Dendrocriticism • Tree worship • Buket Uzuner • Wangari Maathai • Mangroves • Arboreal poetics • Lantern Festival • Poiesis • Alech Choate • Moon Festival • The sacred tree • Zoopoetics • Planting trees • The profane • Tim Winton • Environmental humanities • Connections • Gija Jumulu • The superstitious • Jean Giono • Tree of life • Upheaval • Biosemiosis • Children’s guardian deity • Fire • Climate crisis • Eco-shamanism • Change • Arboreal ecocriticism • Land revival • Phytography • Plant writing • Bill Neidjie

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/LGSP/2785-2709/2022/04 | Published Dec. 15, 2022 | Language en