Dwellings of Enchantment

Perhaps it is not the earth itself that requires reenchantment but rather the human spirit. This exciting collection explores how ecocriticism and literary expression seek to inspire the mind to recognize the beauty and mystery of a planet that has never ceased to be enchanting.--Scott Slovic, University Distinguished Professor of Environmental Humanities, University of Idaho The diverse and nuanced essays of this superb collection demonstrate a shared ecopoetic truth: the more fully we humans dwell among the non-humans of our world, the greater their capacity to reenchant our imaginations and to remake us in their image.--Terry Harpold, Associate Professor of English and Director of Imagining Climate Change, University of Florida To challenge the ongoing dis-enchantment of more-than-human environments and the dispassionate road humanity has taken, the essays in this impressive volume highlight the significance of humanity's internal relations with all planetary life, inviting us to reenchant the world now struggling in the darkness of the Anthropocene.--Serpil Oppermann, Professor of Environmental Humanities, Environmental Humanities Center, Cappadocia University Tracing the intersecting maps of human creativity and material imagination, Dwellings on Enchantment does justice to the inner chanting of the planet. This book is a therapy against the isolation of the human self, pointing out possible antidotes to the "great derangement" of the Anthropocene.--Serenella Iovino, Professor of Italian Studies and Environmental Humanities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, co-editor of Material Ecocriticism