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Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment Advance Access originally published online on July 16, 2009
Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment 2009 16(3):487-515; doi:10.1093/isle/isp059
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Environmental (and Audience) Friendliness in Rachel Carson and Devra Davis: Where Ecocriticism and Rhetoric Meet

Steven J. Corbett

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All of the most serious and thoughtful ecologists (such as Aldo Leopold, Ian McHarg, Barry Commoner, and Garret Hardin) have tried to develop ecological visions which can be translated into social, economic, political, and individual programs of action.

—William Rueckert

Imagine that when you pull the trigger on a handgun, it takes decades before either the victim or the assailant recognizes that someone's been hit. Then it's even more difficult to grasp the dangers of having weapons around. The analogy is imperfect, but something like this applies to the global environmental consequences of modern industrial technology.

—Carl Sagan

Why are ecological authors like Carl Sagan, and the "serious and thoughtful" ones Rueckert mentions above, so careful in developing their ecological visions into usable forms? One important reason is that ecocriticism is a vast field of study that attracts a wide array of specialists, from artists to scientists, and everyone in . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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