The Desert in Modern Literature and Philosophy

Shows how philosophers from Nietzsche to Deleuze have used the figure of the desert to theorise space and place Uses the figure of the desert to provide an aesthetic theory of modernityRethinks and challenges key assumptions of ecocriticismOffers readings of the most significant literary deserts using an innovative and rigorous theoretical framework Provides an original account of the Anthropocene from a cultural perspectiveRead an interview between Aiden Tynan and Crosscurrents series editor Ch