A Brief History of Ecocriticism:

The relationship between people and the environment has long been documented through literary works. In the foreword to Natural Discourse: Toward Ecocomposition, Edward White cites Adam and Eve’s journey through the Garden of Eden (in the Bible), and Odysseus’ dangerous trek across the Mediterranean Sea in Homer’s Odyssey, as early literary examples in which human paths cross with nature. Though formal praxis of Ecocriticism — sometimes referred to as ‘Green Studies’ — is considered a somewhat recent addition to literary theory (mid to late-20th century), we can trace a distinct rise in environmental writing and its importance in American culture through the late-18th and early-19th century. For we may look in even less “literary” works,  <a href="https://nick-demott.medium.com/a-brief-history-of-ecocriticism-a120614d30fc">Read More</a>