TY - BOOK AU - Steer,Philip AU - Hensley,Nathan TI - Ecological Form: System and Aesthetics in the Age of Empire SN - 9780823282128 PB - Fordham University Press KW - Nature / Ecology KW - bisacsh KW - History / Modern / 19th Century KW - Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory KW - Literature KW - History and criticism KW - Electronic books N1 - Access copy available to the general public N2 - Hensley and Steer look to join the conceptual tools of contemporary ecocriticism with the rich archive of nineteenth century thinking about imperial and ecological intertwinement. This collection of essays draws on that archive to demonstrate the relevance of Victorian thought for current theory and practice. Ecological Form argues that ecology, the empire, and literary thinking were inseparable during the Victorian period; and its claim that connections among these domains challenge the methodological assumptions of both contemporary ecocriticism and literary and cultural studies UR - https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/3d6c7705-6823-41c1-9d2e-08f56c60e550 ER -