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German-Language Nature Writing from Eighteenth Century to the Present

Controversies, Positions, Perspectives

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  • May 2024

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Editors:
  1. Gabriele Dürbeck

    1. Kulturwissenschaften, Fakultät III, University of Vechta, Faculty II, Vechta, Germany

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  2. Christine Kanz

    1. Pädagogische Hochschule Linz, Linz, Austria

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  • Examines debates around the genre classification of nature writing
  • Considers German environmental literature broadly
  • Provides broad historical context for German nature poetry

Part of the book series: Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment (LCE)

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Keywords

  • Ecocriticism
  • Literature and the Environment
  • German Literature
  • nature writing
  • Goethe
  • natural history
  • nature poetry

About this book

This volume examines the topic of German-language nature writing in a broad historical context spanning more than two centuries. It brings together contributions on the debates of the category 'Nature Writing’ by numerous renowned international scholars. It discusses literary texts of natural history, nature exploration, nature poetry perception and reflection by German-speaking authors since the 18th century, including texts by Ulrike Draesner and on Esther Kinsky’s writing. The book asks whether the here discussed texts can, should, or may also be labeled as 'Nature Writing' and how this new perspective on German literary history might change traditional classifications such as “Naturlyrik” (nature poetry) in German literary history.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Kulturwissenschaften, Fakultät III, University of Vechta, Faculty II, Vechta, Germany

    Gabriele Dürbeck

  • Pädagogische Hochschule Linz, Linz, Austria

    Christine Kanz

About the editors

Gabriele Dürbeck is Professor of Literature and Culture Studies at the University of Vechta, Germany.

Christine Kanz is Professor of Modern German Literature within the “Cluster Mitte” co-operation in Linz and Salzburg, Austria and is Visiting Professor at Ghent University, Belgium.  

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: German-Language Nature Writing from Eighteenth Century to the Present

  • Book Subtitle: Controversies, Positions, Perspectives

  • Editors: Gabriele Dürbeck, Christine Kanz

  • Series Title: Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-50909-4Due: 10 June 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-50912-4Due: 10 June 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-50910-0Due: 10 June 2024

  • Series ISSN: 2946-3157

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-3165

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 348

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