The Green Thread: Dialogues with the Vegetal World is an interdisciplinary collection of essays in the emerging field of Plant Studies. The volume is the first of its kind to bring together a dynamic body of scholarship that shares a critique of long-standing human perceptions of plants as lacking autonomy, agency, consciousness, and, intelligence. The leading metaphor of the book—"the green thread", echoing poet Dylan Thomas' phrase "the green fuse"—carries multiple meanings. On a more apparent level, "the green thread" is what weaves together the diverse approaches of this collection: an interest in the vegetal that goes beyond single disciplines and specialist discourses, and one that not only encourages but necessitates interdisciplinary and even interspecies dialogue. On another level, "the green thread" links creative and historical productions to the materiality of the vegetal—a reality reflecting our symbiosis with oxygen-producing beings. In short, The Green Thread refers to the conversations about plants that transcend strict disciplinary boundaries as well as to the possibility of dialogue with plants.
| ISBN: | 9781498510615 |
| Publication date: | 11th April 2019 |
| Author: | Patrícia Vieira, Monica Gagliano, John Charles Ryan |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 306 pages |
| Series: | Ecocritical Theory and Practice |
| Genres: |
Literary essays Anthropology Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest Nature and the natural world: general interest |
The Green Thread: Dialogues with the Vegetal World is an interdisciplinary collection of essays in the emerging field of Plant Studies. The volume is the first of its kind to bring together a dynamic body of scholarship that shares a critique of long-standing human perceptions of plants as lacking autonomy, agency, consciousness, and, intelligence. The leading metaphor of the book—"the green thread", echoing poet Dylan Thomas' phrase "the green fuse"—carries multiple meanings. On a more apparent level, "the green thread" is what weaves together the diverse approaches of this collection: an interest in the vegetal that goes beyond single disciplines and specialist discourses, and one that not only encourages but necessitates interdisciplinary and even interspecies dialogue. On another level, "the green thread" links creative and historical productions to the materiality of the vegetal—a reality reflecting our symbiosis with oxygen-producing beings. In short, The Green Thread refers to the conversations about plants that transcend strict disciplinary boundaries as well as to the possibility of dialogue with plants.
The Green Thread features in the following genres: Literary essays, Anthropology, Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, Nature and the natural world: general interest
The Green Thread is available in Paperback
The Green Thread was written by Patrícia Vieira, Monica Gagliano, John Charles Ryan and published by Lexington Books
The Green Thread has 306 pages
Yes it is part of Ecocritical Theory and Practice series