Anglophone Literature and the Fight Against Climate Change
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Anglophone Literature and the Fight Against Climate Change
By (Author) Matthias Stephan
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Academic
22nd January 2026
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Literary studies: from c 2000
Physical Properties
Hardback
240
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
Offering a methodology for identifying particularly impactful literary narratives of climate change, this open access book examines a range of Anglophone fiction authors such as Margaret Atwood, Paolo Bacigalupi, Ian McEwan, Louise Erdrich, Octavia E. Butler and Sarah Hall, as well as films such as The Day After Tomorrow and Snowpiercer.
Firstly, this book looks at which narratives, historically, have had an impact on social consciousness. Secondly, it considers the impact of popular and established strategies. Finally, it suggests emphasizing alternative narrative strategies, which it suggests can have a greater impact by causing people to act. This allows a more solid approach to assessing the effectiveness of literary narratives on global issues.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective
Author Bio
Matthias Stephan is Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies and Literature at Aarhus University, Denmark
