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Monika Szuba

    This author delves into contemporary Scottish poetry and prose, with a keen focus on the relationship between literature and the natural world. Her work engages deeply with ecocriticism, drawing from environmental humanities and phenomenological perspectives to illuminate how writers explore place and space. Through careful analysis of unique voices and themes in Scottish literature, she offers profound insights into how landscapes and environments are reflected in artistic expression. Her approach emphasizes the interconnectedness of human experience and the natural world within literary contexts.

    Contemporary Scottish Poetry and the Natural World
    Landscape Poetics
    • Landscape Poetics

      Scottish Textual Practice 1928-Present

      • 248 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Exploring the interplay between Scottish writers and their landscapes, this interdisciplinary study delves into how modern and contemporary authors express their connection to place through their writing. Monika Szuba highlights figures like Shepherd, MacCaig, and Jamie, arguing that they redefine the relationship between self and environment, moving beyond objectification to an embodied experience of the landscape. The work situates their literary practices within the framework of environmental thought, emphasizing a vibrant engagement with nature.

      Landscape Poetics
    • With an exciting and provocative approach to the reading of landscape and the non-human world in the work of four major Scottish poets, this groundbreaking book merges phenomenology and ecocritical literary criticism.

      Contemporary Scottish Poetry and the Natural World