In the 1990s, the emerging field of ecocriticism—nature-sensitive literary studies—began to establish and define itself. Arguing that the field has matured

Murphy's wide-ranging book will no doubt serve as a watershed in the development of ecocriticism.

Although much contemporary American Indian literature examines the relationship between humans and the land, most Native authors do not set their work in the "p

In Ecocritical Explorations, Patrick D. Murphy explores environmental literature and environmental cultural issues through both theoretical and applied criticis

Introduces key terms, quantitative and qualitative research, debates, and histories for Environmental and Nature Studies Understandings of “nature” have exp