Anthropocene Affordances - (Literary Ecologies) by Lena Pfeifer (Paperback)

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About the Book How does contemporary US-American literature reimagines narrative forms to confront humanity's impact in the Anthropocene? Book Synopsis The current historical moment, often referred to as the Anthropocene, is defined by profound human influence on the planetary system. Lena Pfeifer examines how contemporary US-American literature negotiates the political, ethical, and epistemological challenges posed by the Anthropocene. Connecting new formalist approaches with theories of scale, she develops the concept of »Anthropocene affordances« as a new methodological framework for analyzing narrative responses to the recent ecological crisis that reconfigure conventional forms and nar…