1st Edition
Ireland and Ecocriticism Literature, History and Environmental Justice
Introduction 1. ‘Listen to the Leaves’: Derek Mahon’s Evolving Ecologies 2. ‘things which can neither be written, nor spoken, nor read’: Ecopoetics and Ecofeminism in Paula Meehan and Moya Cannon 3. Essayist of Place: Landscape, Language and Scale in the work of Tim Robinson 4. Ecology, Memory and Speed in John McGahern’s Memoir 5. Walking and Storying: Travel, Time and Belonging in Rebecca Solnit’s A Book of Migrations 6. Everyday Epiphanies: Buddhism, Ecocriticism and Form in the Essays of Chris Arthur 7. "Protect us from our protectors": Roger Casement, Imperialism and Environmental Justice
Biography
Eóin Flannery is Lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland.
"In this unprecedented encounter with Irish ecocriticism, Eóin Flannery invokes an astute theoretical framework to articulate the intersecting oppressive hierarchies that impact ecological systems. Achieving a graceful balance of philosophical breadth and depth, Flannery engages in close analysis of Irish cultural texts, and brings to the forefront the ways Irish ecocriticism must simultaneously respond to material specificity and global climate crises. This compelling study offers the first truly comprehensive navigation of what it means to practice Irish ecocriticism and paves a promising path for future interdisciplinary approaches to Irish Studies and beyond. Ecocritics who are committed to bridging scholarship to activism and to redefining the intellectual boundaries of the academy will do well to follow Flannery's provocative example of ecological praxis."
--Professor Christine Cusick, Ed., Out of the Earth: Ecocritical Readings of Irish Texts
"What transpires is how crucial this new field of study is for shedding light on how ecological debates can enrich our understanding of Irish cultural history and literature. Flannery proves himself to be at the vanguard of a vital discourse with this impressive and persuasive critique."
- Lisa FitzGerald, Rachel Carson Center, Germany in Green Letters: Studies in Ecocriticism, September 2017
