Dan Harrison

Seeking an Aesthetic of Qualification

Recently, public discourses have given way to a disturbing hierarchy of who deserves to be human and who we allow to be subject to violence. Acts of violence against certain populations are justified based on their perceived humanity – an unborn child is deemed more deserving of life than a mother, a refugee is deemedContinue reading “Seeking an Aesthetic of Qualification”

Prufrock.

Midnight Prufrock made a funny figure, weaving through the lamplight shadows, muttering the whole way under his breath. A careful passerby might have heard him saying “What is it? What is it?” and an even more careful passerby might have heard him replying “Oh do not ask. No, no.” To most though, his words wereContinue reading “Prufrock.”

Adler’s Manifesto

To the inhabitants of Geneva, Scotland, and all places sullied by Victor Frankenstein, I write to you today in sorrow, as a guilty man. Consider this letter my confession for the murders of William Frankenstein, Henry Clerval, and Elizabeth Lavenza, as well as, by manner of my own trickery, Justine Moritz. It is true, IContinue reading “Adler’s Manifesto”

Survival, Resistance, and Art in the Postcolonial Landscape

(Working Draft) In their introduction to Beyond Nature Writing: Expanding the Boundaries of Ecocriticism, Karla Armbruster and Kathleen R. Wallace make a case for a revolution in the field of ecocriticism. When this anthology was published, 20 years ago, the field of ecocriticism was ill-defined and essentially lawless. Armbruster and Wallace voice their opinion thatContinue reading “Survival, Resistance, and Art in the Postcolonial Landscape”

Ecocriticism, global literature, and the postcolonial landscape.

Annotated Bibliography Bennett, Michael. “Anti-Pastoralism, Frederick Douglass, and the Nature of Slavery,” Beyond Nature Writing: expanding the boundaries of ecocriticism, edited by Karla Armbruster and Kathleen R Wallace, Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia, 2001. https://search-ebscohost-com.libproxy.plymouth.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mzh&AN=2001130092&site=ehost-live&authtype=sso&custid=plymouth Armbruster, Karla and Kathleen R Wallace. Beyond Nature Writing: expanding the boundaries of ecocriticism. Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia, 2001.Continue reading “Ecocriticism, global literature, and the postcolonial landscape.”