A. Goodbody 
Nature, Technology and Cultural Change in Twentieth-Century German Literature 
The Challenge of Ecocriticism

This book traces shifting attitudes towards science and technology, nature and the environment in Twentieth-century Germany. It approaches them through discussion of a range of literary texts and explores the philosophical influences on them and their political contexts, and asks what part novels and plays have played in environmental debate.

Table of Content

Introduction PART I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES Nature in German Culture PART II: CRITIQUES OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Goethe as Ecophilosophical Inspiration and Literary Model From Modernist Catastrophe to Postmodern Survival PART III: NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN NATURE AND CULTURE Heideggerian Ecopoetics and the Nature Poetry Tradition The Call of the Wild Greening the City PART IV: CONCLUSION Nature as a Cultural Project

About the author

AXEL GOODBODY graduated in German and French from Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and spent ten years teaching and pursuing postgraduate study at the University of Kiel in Germany. Since 1983 he has lectured at the University of Bath, and published widely on modern German literature and film, with a special focus on nature poetry and environmental literature.