Dr Kevan Manwaring, Course Leader on MA Creative Writing and Senior Lecturer on BA (Hons) Creative Writing at Arts University Bournemouth (AUB), has announced the launch of his latest book, The Ecological Imaginary in Literature and Other Media: The Nature of Fantasy, published by Routledge.
Due for release on 23 September, the book explores the relationship between fantasy as a genre and the natural world.
“From Gilgamesh to Gawain and the Green Knight, the Brothers Grimm to Grimdark, the natural world has provided the backdrop for Fantasy since its earliest iterations," Kevan explains.
“The playgrounds of childhood are often a writer’s first fantasy landscape and can develop into fully fledged story worlds. And in a time of climate emergency, is the nature of fantasy changing to reflect the challenges it presents? Can the blue-sky thinking of the fantastic provide us with a useful tool for addressing what the United Nations has called ‘the defining crisis of our time’?”
The Ecological Imaginary in Literature and Other Media is Kevan's latest release, following the launch of his textbook Writing Ecofiction: Navigating the Challenges of Environmental Narrative last year.
Pre-order your copy of The Ecological Imaginary in Literature and Other Media: The Nature of Fantasy directly from Routledge for a discount.
