Contestatory and Creative Poetics for a Time of Climate Catastrophe: Volume 1 - Per Se
By (Author) John Kinsella
By (author) Russell West-Pavlov
Anthem Press
Anthem Press
5th August 2025
United Kingdom
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Globalization
Wildlife: general interest
363.73874
Hardback
250
Width 153mm, Height 229mm, Spine 26mm
454g
Delves into the intricate concept of 'per se', examining its essence as both the intrinsic nature of things and the intricate web of relationships linking them.
This volume is a collaborative work of ficto-critical eco-politics written by two Australian scholar-poets based in the Western Australian Wheatlands (John Kinsella) and Germany's south-western Wurttemberg (Russell West-Pavlov).
John Kinsella is the author of over seventy books of poetry, fiction, criticism, plays, edited works and collaborative works. He is an extraordinary fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University, and emeritus professor of Literature and Environment at Curtin University. He has recently been a DAAD visiting professor at the University of Tbingen (2021-2024).
Russell West-Pavlov is a professor of Anglophone Literature and co-convenor of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Global South Studies at the University of Tbingen, Germany. His recent book publications include Eastern African Literatures (2018), German as Contact Zone (2019), AfrikAffekt (2020) and, as editor, The Global South and Literature (2018).