Title

Nature and Environment in Nineteenth-Century Austrian Literature

Author

Bartell Berg, Washington University in St. LouisFollow

Author's School

Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

Author's Department/Program

Germanic Languages and Literatures

Language

English (en)

Date of Award

January 2009

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Chair and Committee

Lynne Tatlock

Abstract

This dissertation illuminates the void of what Christopher Manes refers to in "Nature and Silence" as the "realm of silences, a world of "not saids" called nature, obscured in global claims of eternal truths about human difference, rationality, and transcendence." With the help of ecocriticism, my research explores the development of ecological themes in the writings of four nineteenth-century Austrians from deforestation to industrialization to the growth of gardening culture. In addition, I investigate the nexus between the philosophical and scientific origins of ecology as a discipline and its representation in Austrian literature.

Comments

Permanent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.7936/K75H7DB2

Recommended Citation

Berg, Bartell, "Nature and Environment in Nineteenth-Century Austrian Literature" (2009). All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). 36.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/etd/36