Abstract
Portuguese Literature and the Environment, edited by Victor K. Mendes and Patrícia Vieira, is a groundbreaking collection that contributes significantly to our understanding of Portuguese environmental literary studies.
Highlights
Portugal and were involved in debates about the environment in Portuguese politics
Vieira notes that, despite the constant presence of the natural world in Portuguese letters, there is a surprising lack of ecocritical scholarship focused on it
This volume’s efforts to confront that lacuna will appeal to scholars of Portuguese literature as well as to those interested in ecocriticism and environmental literary studies because of the way that it brings the approaches, interests, and concerns of ecocritical discourse to bear on every major literary period in Portugal
Summary
Portugal and were involved in debates about the environment in Portuguese politics. Chapter 2, “Environment, Nature, and Landscape: Conceptual Affinities and Distinctions in the Portuguese Context,” by Adriana Veríssimo Serrão, gives a broad chronological overview of an array of Portuguese thinkers who have conceptualized Portuguese notions of nature, environment, and landscape. Mendes and Patrícia Vieira, is a groundbreaking collection that contributes significantly to our understanding of Portuguese environmental literary studies.
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