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The volume offers a survey of the contribution of German literature and culture to the evolution of ecological thought. As the field of ecocritical theory and practice is rapidly expanding towards transnational and global dimensions, it seems nevertheless necessary to consider the distinct manifestations of ecological thought in various cultures. In this sense, the volume demonstrates in twenty-six essays from different disciplines how German literature, philosophy, art, and science have contributed in unique ways to the emergence of ecological thought on national and transnational scale. The volume maps the most important and characteristic of these developments both on a theoretical and on a textual-analytical level. It is structured in five parts ranging from proto-ecological thought since early modern times (part I) to major theoretical approaches (part II), environmental history (part III), and ecocritical case studies (part IV), to ecological visions in different media and art forms (part V). The four editors have widely published and are actively involved in ecocritical literary and cultural studies. The group of editors consists of two scholars of German literature and cultural studies, Gabriele Duerbeck and Urte Stobbe (both University of Vechta), a scholar in German and comparative literature, Evi Zemanek (University of Freiburg), as well as a scholar of Anglo-American ecoliterature and ecocriticism, Hubert Zapf. All of them are involved in various projects and research networks on ecology and literature. The contributors of the individual chapters likewise are all experts in their respective fields, ranging from German literature, history, environmental studies, art history, music and art. The book is a unique and readily accessible collection of essays that is of relevance not only for a German and continental European but for a worldwide audience.

The volume offers a survey of the contribution of German literature and culture to the evolution of ecological thought. As the field of ecocritical theory and practice is rapidly expanding towards transnational and global dimensions, it seems nevertheless necessary to consider the distinct manifestations of ecological thought in various cultures. In this sense, the volume demonstrates in twenty-six essays from different disciplines how German literature, philosophy, art, and science have contributed in unique ways to the emergence of ecological thought on national and transnational scale. The volume maps the most important and characteristic of these developments both on a theoretical and on a textual-analytical level. It is structured in five parts ranging from proto-ecological thought since early modern times (part I) to major theoretical approaches (part II), environmental history (part III), and ecocritical case studies (part IV), to ecological visions in different media and art forms (part V). The four editors have widely published and are actively involved in ecocritical literary and cultural studies. The group of editors consists of two scholars of German literature and cultural studies, Gabriele Duerbeck and Urte Stobbe (both University of Vechta), a scholar in German and comparative literature, Evi Zemanek (University of Freiburg), as well as a scholar of Anglo-American ecoliterature and ecocriticism, Hubert Zapf. All of them are involved in various projects and research networks on ecology and literature. The contributors of the individual chapters likewise are all experts in their respective fields, ranging from German literature, history, environmental studies, art history, music and art. The book is a unique and readily accessible collection of essays that is of relevance not only for a German and continental European but for a worldwide audience.

Die Wahrnehmung von Landschaft als eines bildhaft aufgefassten Welt- und Naturausschnitts erlangte in der zweiten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts einen nie zuvor gekannten Stellenwert. Zugleich vollzogen sich in der Landschaftswahrnehmung, die nicht gleichbedeutend mit Naturwahrnehmung zu verstehen ist, tiefgreifende Veränderungen, die bis in unsere Gegenwart hinein prägend geblieben sind. Dies betrifft vor allem die Vorstellung einer unmittelbaren affektiven Beziehung zwischen dem Charakter der Landschaft und dem sie betrachtenden Subjekt. Nun erst werden Landschaften gleichsam "zum Sprechen" gebracht, aber auch ihre wissenschaftliche Erkundung und Klassifizierung entschieden vorangetrieben. Aus dem Inhalt: Thomas Noll: Zur Theorie der Landschaftsmalerei Marianne Klemun: Landschaftswahrnehmung, "Naturgemälde" und Erdwissenschaften Uwe Hentschel: Landschaft aus dem Geiste der Literatur und Malerei Hansjörg Küster: Das Gartenreich Dessau-Wörlitz Gerhard Kaiser: Beschädigtes Leben und Sehnsuchtslandschaften in Goethes "Wahlverwandtschaften" und in der Literatur um 1800 Urte Stobbe: Gebildete Reisende in Landschaftsgärten Barbara Schaff: Ein neuer Blick auf Schottland in der Reiseliteratur der Romantik Andreas Waczkat: Idealisierte Landschaft in Ludwig van Beethovens "Pastorale" Christian Scholl: Theorie und Praxis der Landschaftsmalerei bei Carl Gustav Carus