Ecocriticism: The Essential Reader charts the growth of this important field. The first-wave ecocriticism section focuses on key readings from the 1960s to the 1990s. The second-wave ecocriticism section goes on to consider a range of exciting contemporary trends, including environmental justice, aesthetics and philosophy, and globalization.

Readings include the work of:

• Raymond Williams
• Jonathan Bate
• Timothy Morton
• Ursula Heise
• Lawrence Buell
• Kate Soper
• Cary Wolfe
• and Kate Rigby.

Containing seminal, representative, and contemporary work in the field, this volume and the editorial commentary is designed for use on both undergraduate and postgraduate ecocritical literature courses.