Anthropocene Affordances: Scale, Narrative Form, and the Human in Us-American Literature

The current historical moment, often referred to as the Anthropocene, is defined by profound human influence on the planetary system. Lena Pfeifer examines how contemporary US-American literature negotiates the political, ethical, and epistemological challenges posed by the Anthropocene. Connecting new formalist approaches with theories of scale, she develops the concept of Anthropocene affordances as a new methodological framework for analyzing narrative responses to the recent ecological crisis that reconfigure conventional forms and narrative strategies to critically discuss the role of the human as a geological force.

Author: Lena Pfeifer
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Transcript Publishing
Published: 02/03/2026
Series: Literary Ecologies
Pages: 282
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9783837679335