Ecological Stylistics

Daniela Francesca Virdis is an Associate Professor of English Language and Translation at the University of Cagliari, Italy. She is the author of Serialised Gender: A Linguistic Analysis of Femininities in Contemporary TV Series and Media (2012, awarded the Italian Association of English Studies Book Prize 2013) and a co-editor of Language in Place: Stylistic Perspectives on Landscape, Place and Environment (2021) and of The Stylistics of Landscapes, the Landscapes of Stylistics (2017).

“Ecological Stylistics is the first volume to study beneficial discourses about the environment and introduces a new dimension into the study of language and ecology consistent with the theoretical framework and methodology of ecostylistics. It provides a thorough paradigm for the subject area of ecostylistics … . this book discusses the stories we live by focusing on ecocentrism in an interdisciplinary perspective, which will be of interest to linguists, biologists, academic researchers sustainability officers working in environmental agencies and organizations.” (Shimiao Guan, Discourse Communication, Vol. 17(4), 2023)“The well-structured and thorough analysis in this volume tracks the uses of key ecological terms inrelevant beneficial texts … . This book discusses the stories we live by focusing on ecocentrism in an interdisciplinary perspective, which will be of interest to linguists, biologists, academic researchers and sustainability officers working in environmental agencies and organizations.” (Shimiao Guan, Discourse & Communication, Vol. 17 (4), 2023)“This book provides an invaluable resource for students and scholars of ecostylistics with different levels of knowledge and expertise in this field. … this book is exemplary … of research that crosses disciplinary boundaries and makes a tangible attempt to reach an audience outside of academia. As such, it has the potential to pave the way for further future collaborations between ecostylisticians on the one hand and ecologists, activists, policy-makers, and scientists interested in the ecological history on the other.” (Monica Turci, Journal of World Languages, Vol. 8 (3), December, 2022)

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Towards an Ecological Stylistics.- Chapter 2: Ecostylistics, Ecolinguistics and Stylistics: A Theoretical Overview.- Chapter 3: Nature.- Chapter 4: Environment.- Chapter 5: Ecosystem.- Chapter 6: Ecology.- Chapter 7: Sustainability.- Chapter 8: Summary and Concluding Remarks.