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Art Expressing Human Dialogue with the Land 表达人类与土地对话的艺术

European journal of literature, culture and the environment Pub Date : 2021-02-14 DOI: 10.37536/ECOZONA.2021.12.1.4225

Janet Botes

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Audial and Visual Conversation in Mary Oliver's Dog Songs: Language as a Trans-Species Faculty 玛丽·奥利弗的狗歌中的听觉和视觉对话:作为跨物种能力的语言

European journal of literature, culture and the environment Pub Date : 2021-02-10 DOI: 10.37536/ECOZONA.2021.12.1.3677

P. Loreto

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"We are the Delta": Nature and Agency in Helon Habila’s Oil on Water “我们是三角洲”:Helon Habila的《水上石油》中的自然与代理

European journal of literature, culture and the environment Pub Date : 2021-02-08 DOI: 10.37536/ECOZONA.2021.12.1.3556

Felicity Hand

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Climate Fiction and the Ethics of Existentialism 气候小说与存在主义伦理

European journal of literature, culture and the environment Pub Date : 2021-02-08 DOI: 10.37536/ECOZONA.2021.12.1.3826

Jens Kramshøj Flinker

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Ornithological Passions of American Poet Celia Thaxter 美国诗人西莉亚·塞克斯特的鸟类学激情

European journal of literature, culture and the environment Pub Date : 2021-02-07 DOI: 10.37536/ECOZONA.2021.12.1.3831

Ellen M. Taylor

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Book Review of Ecology and Literatures in English: Writing to Save the Planet 英文生态学与文学书评:为拯救地球而写作

European journal of literature, culture and the environment Pub Date : 2021-02-06 DOI: 10.37536/ECOZONA.2021.12.1.3724

Bénédicte Meillon

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Book Review of Climate Change and Storytelling: Narratives and Cultural Meaning in Environmental Communication 《气候变化与叙事:环境传播中的叙事与文化意义》书评

European journal of literature, culture and the environment Pub Date : 2021-02-06 DOI: 10.37536/ECOZONA.2021.12.1.3621

Eline D Tabak

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Book Review of Characterising the Anthropocene: Ecological Degradation in Italian Twenty-First-Century Literary Writing 《刻画人类世:意大利21世纪文学创作中的生态退化》书评

European journal of literature, culture and the environment Pub Date : 2021-02-06 DOI: 10.37536/ECOZONA.2021.12.1.3622

Paolo Saporito

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Book Review of Cultural Representations of Other-Than-Human-Nature “非人性”的文化表征述评

European journal of literature, culture and the environment Pub Date : 2021-02-06 DOI: 10.37536/ECOZONA.2021.12.1.3638

M. Moss

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Book Review of The Value of Ecocriticism 《生态批评的价值》书评

European journal of literature, culture and the environment Pub Date : 2021-02-05 DOI: 10.37536/ECOZONA.2021.12.1.3711

S. Nitzke

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