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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Erudite and provocative."
---Oliver Balch, Financial Times "A book about climate and storytelling that is not only upbeat but downright jaunty."
---Aaron Matz, New York Review of Books"A stirring manifesto, and Puchner’s arguments are impressive. He effectively inspires fresh ways of reading, and climate-minded bookworms, especially, will find plenty to savor." * Publishers Weekly *
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This cogent, passionate text argues for a comprehensive reenvisioning of our relationship with the natural world to mitigate the accelerating climate crisis.. . . . [Literature for a Changing Planet is a] challenging, important work of literary criticism [that] stretches our ideas of what it is to be human and where we fit in the natural world.
" * Foreword Reviews *
"Martin Puchner’s
Literature for a Changing Planet is an urgent call for rereading the stories that have shaped our world. . . . This text will be most useful to teachers of world literature looking to diversify their reading lists and pedagogical practices. It will be useful to literary critics seeking to newly engage with ecocriticism. And it just might prompt a new generation of writers—and spoken-word artists—to create the works that will move us into health and balance with the small blue marvel that is our species’ only home."
---Greg Brown, World Literature Today
