Conrad and Nature is the first collection of critical essays examining nature and the environment in Joseph Conrad's writings. Together, these essays by established and emerging scholars reveal both the crucial importance of nature in Conrad's work, and the vital, ongoing relevance of Conrad's treatment of the environment in our era of globalization and climate change. No richer subject matter for an environmentally-engaged criticism can be found than the Conradian contexts and themes under investigation in this volume: island cultures, colonial occupations, storms at sea, mining and extraction, inconstant weather, ecological collapse, and human communities competing for resources. The 17 essays collected here -13 new essays, and 4 excerpts from classic works of Conradian scholarship -- consolidate some of the most important voices and perspectives on Conrad's relation to the natural world, and open new avenues for Conradian and environmental scholarship in the 21st century.

About the Author

Lissa Schneider-Rebozo is Professor of English and Director of Undergraduate Research at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

Jeffrey Mathes McCarthy is the Director of Environmental Humanities at the University of Utah.

John G. Peters is University Distinguished Research Professor at the University of North Texas, is past President of the Joseph Conrad Society of America and current General Editor of Conradiana.

Reviews

"Joseph Conrad is a corner-stone for understanding modern literature and the human condition, and Conrad and Nature: Essays, both dramatically reshapes our understanding of his work in his contemporary world, and his legacy and importance in ours."

-- David Mulry, College of Coastal Georgia

"Joseph Conrad is a corner-stone for understanding modern literature and the human condition, and Conrad and Nature: Essays, both dramatically reshapes our understanding of his work in his contemporary world, and his legacy and importance in ours."

-- David Mulry, College of Coastal Georgia

Conrad and Nature: Essays is the Co-Winner of the Joseph Conrad Society of America's prestigious Adam Gillon Book Award in Conrad Studies for books published 2018, 2019, and 2020.

"As a volume, it will be enormously useful to Conrad scholars, scholars of empire and postcolonial studies, and scholars of nineteenth-century environments ranging from the wilderness to the sea, to the exhausted guano mines of remote Peruvian islands."

--Elizabeth Carolyn Miller, University of California, Davis

Book Information
ISBN 9780367664831
Author Lissa Schneider-Rebozo
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g