Ecoambiguity: Environmental Crises and East Asian Literatures
- ISBN-10
- 0472118064
- ISBN-13
- 9780472118069
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 688
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-03-02
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Author
- Karen Thornber
Description
Delving into the complex, contradictory relationships between humans and the environment in Asian literatures
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