Jefferson Holdridge is professor of English at Wake Forest University and director of Wake Forest University Press. He is the author of The Poetry of Paul Muldoon and Those Mingled Seas: The Poetry of W. B. Yeats, the Beautiful and the Sublime.
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In Holdridge's argument, nature emerges as something, or a series of somethings, that humans try to tame and manage but that constantly thwarts such efforts at control. This exceptionally capacious and flexible definition of nature allows Holdridge to forge connections across a wide range of texts and time periods. The result is frequently illuminating.-- "Marjorie Howes, James Joyce Quarterly" Holdridge makes fascinating and sometimes surprising connections that thoughtfully invite the reader to seriously interrogate the imaginative and historical consequences of the nature/culture divide.-- "Christine Cusick, Seton Hill University" This theoretically nuanced study is a wide-ranging substantial contribution to the developing field of Irish ecocriticism.-- "Terence Brown, Trinity College Dublin" This is an ambitious and wide-ranging study on an important nexus of concerns prominent in Irish writing for more than 200 years. . . . Given current critical interest in spatial concerns in Irish literature and culture, this work is well positioned to make a significant contribution to the field.-- "Lucy Collins, University College Dublin"