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Re: Environmental History / Ancient Greece
Ah, got it! Your work--your extension of Meeker--sounds
fascinating! Cheers, Cheryll
Cheryll Glotfelty
Associate Professor
English Department
University of Nevada
Reno, NV 89557
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On Sep 3, 2008, at 9:23 AM, Jay Ball wrote:
Thanks for your note, Cheryll. I guess I should have added to my
post that
it was having read Meeker's book that got me asking these sorts of
questions. (As a theatre person, Meeker's book was one of the first
works of
ecocriticism that I read.)
All the best,
Jay
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Cheryll A Glotfelty
<glotfelt@unr.edu>wrote:
Jay, If you're interested in the environmental valence of tragedy,
Joseph
Meeker's The Comedy of Survival is a must-read. He assesses the
environmental impact (if you will) of the comic and tragic modes,
with
in-depth discussion of Greek tragedy.
Cheryll Glotfelty
Associate Professor, English Department
University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
(775) 682-6395; FAX (775) 784-6266
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From: asle-owner@interversity.org on behalf of Jay Ball
Sent: Wed 9/3/2008 7:02 AM
To: asle@interversity.org
Subject: Re: FW: [asle] Environmental History / Ancient Greece
I'm very grateful to Heather, Chris, Cheryll, Bernard, Anthony,
Lisa and
both Richards for your helpful replies. I know that the word
"tragedy" in
"tragedy of the commons" is only supposed to serve as a metaphor
for a
predictable structural dynamic. However, I've been curious to know
if the
resonance of Hardin's term doesn't have something to do with the
catastrophism common to both the genre of Greek tragedy and what
little I
know ancient Greek land use, population expansion and crash
colonization.
Thanks to the list, I will now have a lot more to go on.
Thanks for your help,
Jay
School of Drama
Carnegie Mellon University
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Sullivan, Heather
<hsulliva@trinity.edu
wrote:
Greetings, ASLE listers:
Below are suggestions from my colleagues in classics.
Best,
Heather Sullivan
From: Jenkins, Thomas
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 6:34 PM
To: O'Sullivan, Timothy
Cc: Sullivan, Heather
Subject: Re: [asle] Environmental History / Ancient Greece
Yes, The Corrupting Sea by Horden and Purcell is a totally wacky yet
weirdly wonderful history of Greece told entirely from the point
of view
of ecology.
-Tom
On Sep 2, 2008, at 3:06 PM, Timothy O'Sullivan wrote:
Hi Heather,
This one springs immediately to mind:
Meiggs, Russell.
Trees and timber in the ancient Mediterranean world
Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1982.
HD9765.M47 M44 1982
As I recall, he deals with deforestation (he would have to, wouldn't
he?).
Tom, any other ideas?
Tim
On , at 2:49 PM, Sullivan, Heather wrote:
Hi Tom & Tim,
Any suggestions for my eco-list?
Heather
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Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 2:48 PM
To: asle@interversity.org
Subject: [asle] Environmental History / Ancient Greece
Could anyone recommend any books or articles on the
environmental
history of
ancient Greece? I'm also interested in the issues of
ecological
degradation
and deforestation in the Mediterranean more generally, as
well.
Many thanks for your help,
Jay
School of Drama
Carnegie Mellon University
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