Arboreal Ecocriticism
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Language: en
Published: Dec. 15, 2022
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.
Fire • Dendrocriticism • Zoopoetics • Moon Festival • The profane • Veronica Lake • Biosemiosis • Land revival • Connections • Lantern Festival • Planting trees • Arboreal ecocriticism • Mangroves • Jean Giono • Kallen Pokkudan • Life writing • Arboreal poetics • Tim Winton • Buket Uzuner • The sacred • Upheaval • Eco-shamanism • The sacred tree • Tree worship • Wangari Maathai • Plant writing • Poiesis • The superstitious • Change • Phytography • Bill Neidjie • Alech Choate • Children’s guardian deity • The political • Tree of life • Gija Jumulu • The social • Environmental humanities • Climate crisis