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The ecological plot : how stories gave rise to a science /

Offers a new history of ecology that traces the science back to narrative storytelling. Weaving together the histories of ecology, economics, and the realist novel, The Ecological Plot shows how pioneering thinkers in each field relied on a shared set of literary techniques that enabled them to see...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Miller, John MacNeill, 1984- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2024].
Series:	Under the sign of nature.
Subjects:	Nature in literature. Ecology in literature. Ecocriticism. English literature > History and criticism.

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