Jonathan F. Krell is a Professor of French at the University of Georgia.

'Krell’s study clears an ambitious path into the genealogy of humanism and its historical tensions with ecocriticism, [...] inviting readers into longstanding philosophical meditations about what it means to be human in the age of ecological vulnerability. [...] Krell deftly weaves together close readings and extensive forays into humanistic and ecocritical theory and situates the texts he brings together within the specificities of French ecological thought. [...] Krell seeks out diverse approaches to ecological questions without obscuring his overarching argument about the compatibility of environmentalism and humanism. [...] The book provides a rich resource for both established and new scholars of ecocriticism. Perhaps more importantly, though, his work exemplifies not only ho w the humanities intervene in pressing questions about life in the Anthropocene epoch, but also why the humanities can, and must, continue to reflect on deeply crucial questions about what it means to value simultaneously human ingenuity and the environment.' Lisa Connell, Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Fundamental Debate: Michel Serres the ecocritic vs. Luc Ferry the criticPart 1: Three French EcofictionsChapter 1Time, Weather, and Waste: Michel Tournier’s GeminiChapter 2Cloud Erotica: Stéphane Audeguy’s The Theory of CloudsChapter 3A Fairy in the Age of Prometheus: Chantal Chawaf’s Mélusine des détritusPart 2: The Animal QuestionChapter 4Ethical Humanism and the Animal Question: Vercors’s You Shall Know ThemChapter 5Marginality and Animality: Olivia Rosenthal’s Que font les rennes après Noël?Part 3: Two Ecoskeptics: The Humanist and the HumoristChapter 6Deep Ecology Gone Wrong: J.-C. Rufin’s Globalia and Le Parfum d’AdamChapter 7From Ecohumor to Ecohumanism: Iegor Gran’s O.N.G! and L’Écologie en bas de chez moiConclusion: Environmentalism is a HumanismAppendix: Interviews with Stéphane Audeguy and Iegor GranBibliographyIndex

Jonathan F. Krell is a Professor of French at the University of Georgia.

'Krell’s study clears an ambitious path into the genealogy of humanism and its historical tensions with ecocriticism, [...] inviting readers into longstanding philosophical meditations about what it means to be human in the age of ecological vulnerability. [...] Krell deftly weaves together close readings and extensive forays into humanistic and ecocritical theory and situates the texts he brings together within the specificities of French ecological thought. [...] Krell seeks out diverse approaches to ecological questions without obscuring his overarching argument about the compatibility of environmentalism and humanism. [...] The book provides a rich resource for both established and new scholars of ecocriticism. Perhaps more importantly, though, his work exemplifies not only ho w the humanities intervene in pressing questions about life in the Anthropocene epoch, but also why the humanities can, and must, continue to reflect on deeply crucial questions about what it means to value simultaneously human ingenuity and the environment.' Lisa Connell, Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Fundamental Debate: Michel Serres the ecocritic vs. Luc Ferry the criticPart 1: Three French EcofictionsChapter 1Time, Weather, and Waste: Michel Tournier’s GeminiChapter 2Cloud Erotica: Stéphane Audeguy’s The Theory of CloudsChapter 3A Fairy in the Age of Prometheus: Chantal Chawaf’s Mélusine des détritusPart 2: The Animal QuestionChapter 4Ethical Humanism and the Animal Question: Vercors’s You Shall Know ThemChapter 5Marginality and Animality: Olivia Rosenthal’s Que font les rennes après Noël?Part 3: Two Ecoskeptics: The Humanist and the HumoristChapter 6Deep Ecology Gone Wrong: J.-C. Rufin’s Globalia and Le Parfum d’AdamChapter 7From Ecohumor to Ecohumanism: Iegor Gran’s O.N.G! and L’Écologie en bas de chez moiConclusion: Environmentalism is a HumanismAppendix: Interviews with Stéphane Audeguy and Iegor GranBibliographyIndex