ASEEES panel proposal: ecological philosophy and the environment

[William Nickell]

Dear Chris,

I would be interested in presenting or possibly discussing for this panel.  I hope 
to begin work on a project on the absence of nature in criticism of 19th century 
Russian fiction--it is everywhere, but we hardly ever discuss it.  We are, as 
Mayakovsky said, bored with nature...  Perhaps its time to look at it again.

I could offer a general discussion of this issue, or could present an analysis of 
the Brothers K, where in fact, nature has already been excised by the author.  
The woods around the monastery form a "border" -- but there is little actual 
nature there.  It is instead where Rakitin hangs out...

Does this interest you?

Bill Nickell
Slavic Languages & Literatures
University of Chicago

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