Lagoonscapes

The Venice Journal of Environmental Humanities

Arboreal Ecocriticism

open access | peer reviewed
Abstract

The articles collected in this special issue devoted to what we are calling “Arboreal Ecocriticism” exhibit tree-consciousness in a variety of cultural, linguistic, and national traditions, including Australian Aboriginal poetry, Moroccan fiction, Indian activist prose, Turkish shamanistic fiction, French literature, and Taiwanese folklore.

Keywords Alech Choate • The superstitious • Mangroves • Arboreal poetics • Dendrocriticism • Buket Uzuner • Jean Giono • Moon Festival • Lantern Festival • Children’s guardian deity • Bill Neidjie • Gija Jumulu • Biosemiosis • The sacred tree • Arboreal ecocriticism • Land revival • Climate crisis • Connections • Wangari Maathai • Tree of life • Tim Winton • Tree worship • Zoopoetics • The political • Kallen Pokkudan • Upheaval • The social • Fire • Poiesis • Phytography • The profane • Plant writing • The sacred • Planting trees • Veronica Lake • Eco-shamanism • Life writing • Change • Environmental humanities

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/LGSP/2785-2709/2022/04 | Published Dec. 15, 2022 | Language en