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Author:

Dwyer, Jim, 1949-

Title:

Where the wild books are : a field guide to ecofiction / Jim Dwyer.

Publisher:

University of Nevada Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xii, 264 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Ecofiction--History and criticism.
Ecofiction--Bibliography.
Ecology in literature.
Ecocriticism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Ecocriticism and ecofiction: definitions and analyses -- Ecofiction's roots and historical development -- Contemporary ecofiction -- Native American and Canadian ecofiction -- Ecofiction from all around the world -- Ecoromance: doin' the wild thing -- The real West -- Green speculative fiction -- Mysteries.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0874178118
9780874178111 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)475446904

LCCN:

2009052482

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)