简介:WhenUrsulaK.Heise'snowcanonictextSenseofPlaceandSenseofPlanet:TheEnvironmentalImaginationoftheGlobalwasfirstpublishedin2008,IwasadoctoralstudentatSUNYStonyBrookwritingseminarpapersonVictorianperspectivesofnature.InthatsecondwaveofAnglophoneecocriticism,thoseofusworkinginthenewlyincubatedenvironmentalhumanitieswerethrilledtoengagewiththewide-rangingscopeofHeise'sbook,whoseaimsincludedthetheorizationandrevisioningofculturalandpoliticalattachmentstoplanetarynotionsofplace.
简介:活跃于科研领域的海洋生物学家詹姆斯·鲍里克来到小说领域初试身手,便表现不俗.长篇小说把缜密细致的专业知识和丰富的想像力结合起来,讲述了一场由人类的基因工程制造出来的一种致命微生物引起的海面惊变.小说情节精彩并内蕴深意,在惊险刺激的场面描写中传达出作者对于环境的忧患意识,并成功地塑造了主人公加纳临危不乱、指挥若定的英雄形象,集中体现了科学工作者的勇气和责任感.