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Climate Crisis and the 21st-Century British Novel

By: Astrid Bracke

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Climate Crisis and the 21st-Century British Novel

By: Astrid Bracke

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. The challenge of rapid climate change is forcing us to rethink traditional attitudes to nature. This book is the first study to chart these changing attitudes in 21st-century British fiction. Climate Crisis and the 21st-Century British Novel examines twelve works that reflect growing cultural awareness of climate crisis and participate in the reshaping of the stories that surround it. Central to this renegotiation are four narratives: environmental collapse, pastoral, urban and polar. Bringing ecocriticism into dialogue with narratology and a new body of contemporary writing, Astrid Bracke explores a wide range of texts, from Zadie Smith's NW through Sarah Hall's The Carhullan Army and David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas to the work of a new generation of novelists such as Melissa Harrison and Ross Raisin. As the book shows, post-millennial fictions provide the imaginative space in which to rethink the stories we tell about ourselves and the natural world in a time of crisis.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1474271138

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9781474271134

Language Teacher Wellbeing across the Career Span

By: Giulia Sulis,Sarah Mercer,Sonja Babic,Astrid Mairitsch

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Language Teacher Wellbeing across the Career Span

By: Giulia Sulis,Sarah Mercer,Sonja Babic,Astrid Mairitsch

This book explores language teacher wellbeing across the career span from an ecological perspective. It reports on empirical findings from an extensive investigation into language teacher wellbeing in various social, cultural and linguistic contexts. It is unique in casting light on the professional trajectory of language teachers and opening up discussions on the characteristics, psychological needs and strengths of language teachers at different points in their careers. It examines wellbeing in terms of the dynamic interplay between the challenges individuals encounter in their personal and professional lives, and the psychological, social and contextual resources that they draw on to buffer the impact of these challenges. The findings of the study will help readers to understand how language teachers can protect and nurture their wellbeing, not only to remain in the profession, but also to thrive in the long-term. The book will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in the lives, wellbeing and psychology of language teachers in diverse contexts and career phases.

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219

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Channel View Publications

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1800412827

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9781800412828

Climate Crisis and the 21st-Century British Novel

By: Astrid Bracke

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Climate Crisis and the 21st-Century British Novel

By: Astrid Bracke

The challenge of rapid climate change is forcing us to rethink traditional attitudes to nature. This book is the first study to chart these changing attitudes in 21st-century British fiction. Climate Crisis and the 21st-Century British Novel examines twelve works that reflect growing cultural awareness of climate crisis and participate in the reshaping of the stories that surround it. Central to this renegotiation are four narratives: environmental collapse, pastoral, urban and polar. Bringing ecocriticism into dialogue with narratology and a new body of contemporary writing, Astrid Bracke explores a wide range of texts, from Zadie Smith's NW through Sarah Hall's The Carhullan Army and David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas to the work of a new generation of novelists such as Melissa Harrison and Ross Raisin. As the book shows, post-millennial fictions provide the imaginative space in which to rethink the stories we tell about ourselves and the natural world in a time of crisis.

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193

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1474271146

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9781474271141

Pippi Goes on Board

By: Astrid Lindgren

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Pippi Goes on Board

By: Astrid Lindgren

For use in schools and libraries only. Pippi has no problem living without adults, but when her long-lost father reappears, she decides to sail the seas with him.

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140

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Viking Children's Books

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0670556793

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9780670556793

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Climate Crisis and the 21st-Century British Novel

Climate Crisis and the 21st-Century British Novel

Language Teacher Wellbeing across the Career Span

Language Teacher Wellbeing across the Career Span

Climate Crisis and the 21st-Century British Novel

Climate Crisis and the 21st-Century British Novel

Pippi Goes on Board

Pippi Goes on Board

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