{"product_id":"ecocritical-theology-neo-pastoral-themes-in-american-fiction-from-1960-to-the-present-9780786469741","title":"Ecocritical Theology: Neo-Pastoral Themes in American Fiction from 1960 to the Present","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joan Anderson Ashford\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Books \u0026amp; Reading\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The literary field of ecocriticism appraises texts from the perspective of the natural world, its biosystems, its animals (human and otherwise), and its ecological interconnections. Exploring a range of contemporary American novelists whose narratives resonate with numerous ecological challenges, this work examines humankind's relationship with the environment in the context of Judeo-Christian theological views. It demonstrates how characters from novels such as John Updike's \u003ci\u003eRabbit Run\u003c\/i\u003e, DeLillo's \u003ci\u003eWhite Noise\u003c\/i\u003e, Toni Morrison's \u003ci\u003eParadise\u003c\/i\u003e, and Cormac McCarthy's \u003ci\u003eThe Road\u003c\/i\u003e take neopastoral journeys to rediscover an innovative relationship with nature and religion. While some are successful, others turn away from the landscape's spirituality, retreating into technological inventions. The journeys of these fictional American heroes, this volume shows, mirror ongoing, theological, nuclear age convictions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46864701948055,"sku":"9780786469741","price":5096.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786469741.webp?v=1769975362","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ecocritical-theology-neo-pastoral-themes-in-american-fiction-from-1960-to-the-present-9780786469741","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}