Beyond representation? A material-ecocritical reading of Derek Mahon’s “eco-poetry” by Catherine CONAN

“…This is evidenced notably by his poetic representation of various ecological crises, local or global, as well as references to key figures of the environmental movement such as Rachel Carson or Naomi Klein, so that Mahon has been dubbed an “eco-poet”. The appellation suggests that ecopoetry is endowed with actual effectiveness in the material world by acting upon its readers’ minds. …”
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La cabane éclatée. Morcellement des objets immobiliers apparentés à l’art brut by Roberta Trapani

“…In the early 1930s, Jacques Brunius (1906-1967), poet and filmmaker, introduced the remarkable architecture of a rural postman from Hauterives, Ferdinand Cheval (1836-1924), to the surrealist group. …”
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