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The Sentient Tree in Speculative Fiction

BuchGebunden
147 Seiten
Englisch
Springererscheint am06.11.20242024
This book interrogates the theme of vegetal sentience and consciousness in the form of trees that move purposefully and/or speak, a theme which appears in everything from classical mythology to tTwentieth -century and contemporary literature, which draws on this earlier work.mehr

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KlappentextThis book interrogates the theme of vegetal sentience and consciousness in the form of trees that move purposefully and/or speak, a theme which appears in everything from classical mythology to tTwentieth -century and contemporary literature, which draws on this earlier work.
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ISBN/GTIN978-3-031-60540-6
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum06.11.2024
Auflage2024
Seiten147 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
IllustrationenApprox. 160 p.
Artikel-Nr.55962523
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GenreLexika/Sprachen

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter One: Introduction. Into the Woods: Metaphor, Mythology, Science.- Chapter Two: Metaphor, Monster, and/or Tree?.- Chapter Three: Mythology and Desire.- Chapter Four: Trans-Corporeality, Pain, and Movement.- Chapter Five: Communication and Community.- Chapter Six: Cooperation and Agency.- Chapter Seven: Competition and Revenge.- Conclusion: Intelligent Trees and Alien Trees.mehr

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Autor

Jean Graham is Professor of English at The College of New Jersey, USA, where she teaches teaching early modern British literature, dystopian literature, and speculative fiction. In addition to scholarly work on early modern literature, she has published about Star Trek: Next Generation in Journal of Popular Culture. She has also published on C. S. Lewis in Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Mythlore, and Children's Literature.