This famed ecocritic wants to tell us that there's more to nature than The Sound of Music. It isn't all beautiful mountains and tall green grass and blue sky (and a twirling, singing nun). And Buell thinks if we can grasp this concept—if we can only think more creatively about nature—maybe we'll treat Mother Earth differently. Check it out.
What's that? You want some more questions that'll lead you to think like a tried-and-true ecocritic? We're happy to oblige.
How does Mary Shelley re-imagine the nature of the scientist in Victor Frankenstein? How does this story reveal a "cultural failure" in the way we practice science?