Tracking the Literature of Tropical Weather: Typhoons, Hurricanes, and Cyclones

Description: Tracking the Literature of Tropical Weather by Anne Collett, Russell McDougall, Sue Thomas This book tracks across history and cultures the ways in which writers have imagined cyclones, hurricanes, and typhoons, collectively understood as "tropical weather." Historically, literature has drawn upon the natural world for its store of symbolic language and technical device, making use of violent storms in the form of plot, drama, trope, and image in order to highlight their relationship to the political, social, and psychological realms of human affairs. Charting this relationship through writers such as Joseph Conrad, Herman Melville, Gisèle Pineau, and other writers from places like Australia, Japan, Mauritius, the Caribbean, and the Philippines, this ground-breaking collection of essays illuminates the specificities of the ways local, national, and regional communities have made sense and even relied upon the literary to endure the devastation caused by deadly tropical weather. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Back Cover This book tracks across history and cultures the ways in which writers have imagined cyclones, hurricanes, and typhoons, collectively understood as "tropical weather." Historically, literature has drawn upon the natural world for its store of symbolic language and technical device, making use of violent storms in the form of plot, drama, trope, and image in order to highlight their relationship to the political, social, and psychological realms of human affairs. Charting this relationship through writers such as Joseph Conrad, Herman Melville, Gis Author Biography Anne Collett is Associate Professor of English at the University of Wollongong, Australia.Russell McDougall is Professor of English at the University of New England, Australia.Sue Thomas is Professor of English at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Table of Contents Tracking the Literature of Tropical Weather, Anne Collett, Russell MacDougall, and Sue Thomas.- Tropical Cyclones in Mauritian Literature, Srilata Ravi.- Pacific Revolt: The Typhoon, Japan, and American Imperialism in Melvilles Moby-Dick, Sascha Morrell.- Tropical Modernism in Joseph Conrads Sea Tales, Arnold Anthony Schmidt.- Through the Eye of Surplus Accumulation: Joseph Conrads The Nigger of the "Narcissus" and Typhoon, Sudesh Mishra.- Flood, Storm and Typhoon in Tanizaki Junichiros The Makioka Sisters, Leith Morton.- Cyclones, Indigenous and Invasive, in Northern Australia, Russell McDougall.- Salba Istorya / Salba Buhay: Save Story / Save Life: Collaborative Storying in the Wake of Typhoons, Merlinda Bobis.- Resistance in the Rubble: Post-San Zenón Santo Domingo from Ramón Lugo Lovatóns Escombros: Huracán del 1930 to Carlos Federico Pérezs La ciudad herida, Maria Cristina Fumagalli.- Cycles and Cyclones: Structural andCultural Displacement in Gisèle Pineaus Macadam Dreams, Dawn Miranda Sherratt-Bado.- Catastrophic History, Cyclonic Wreckage and Repair in William Gilberts The Hurricane and Diana McCaulays Huracan, Sue Thomas.- Hurricane Story (with special reference to the poetry of Olive Senior), Anne Collett.- Bibliography.- Notes on Contributors.- Index. Feature Approaches tropical weather through an international array of contributors based in Japan, Australia, USA, Canada, and the UK Offers a wealth of source material including plays, novels, oral stories, travelogue, poetry, and some visual story texts Discusses the topic of natural disaster both in a metaphorical and physical sense. Details ISBN3319823736 Pages 300 Publisher Springer International Publishing AG Series Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment Year 2018 ISBN-10 3319823736 ISBN-13 9783319823737 Format Paperback Publication Date 2018-07-12 Imprint Springer International Publishing AG Subtitle Typhoons, Hurricanes, and Cyclones Place of Publication Cham Country of Publication Switzerland Edited by Sue Thomas DEWEY 809 Short Title Tracking the Literature of Tropical Weather Language English UK Release Date 2018-07-12 Illustrations 2 Illustrations, color; XI, 300 p. 2 illus. in color. Author Sue Thomas Edition Description Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017 Alternative 9783319415154 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131031594;

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