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"The first study to look at the intersection of the discourse of the Anthropocene within the two highly influential and perennially popular storytelling modes of fantasy and myth, this book articulates the idea that if humanity is to have a future, it needs stories that articulate visions of a biocentric, ecological civilization. As the two story systems that have been humanity's most advanced technologies for collective dreaming, fantastic fiction and myths are helping us adopt a biocentric lens, re-kin us with other forms of life, and assist us in the transition to an ecological civilization. Deliberately moving away from dystopian narratives toward anticipatory imaginations of sustainable futures, this volume blends chapters by top scholars in the fields of climate fiction, science fiction, fantasy, myth, and Young-Adult literature studies with personal reflections by award-winning authors and illustrators of speculative fiction for young audiences such as Jeff Vandermeer, Shaun Tan, Jane Yolen, Katherine Applegate and Joseph Bruchac. Covering the works of major fantasy authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien, Terry Prachett, J. K. Rowling, China Mieville, Barbara Henderson, Jeanette Winterson, John Crowly, Richard Powers, George R. R. Martin and Kim Stanley Robinson, and offering interrogations of cultural expressions set in or from the UK, USA, Nigeria, Ghana, Pacific Islands, New Zealand and Australia, this book frames fantasy and myth as spaces where visions of sustainable futures can be designed with most detail and nuance. Rather than merely criticizing the ecocidal status quo, the book asks how Fantastic stories can mobilize resistance around ideas necessary for the emergence of an ecological civilization"--

Ecocriticism. --- Ecocriticism. --- Fantasy fiction --- Fantasy fiction. --- Futur dans la littérature. --- Future, The, in literature. --- Future, The, in literature. --- Human ecology in literature. --- Human ecology in literature. --- Littérature pour jeunes adultes --- Myth in literature. --- Myth in literature. --- Mythe dans la littérature. --- Roman d'hypothèse --- Speculative fiction --- Speculative fiction. --- Young adult literature --- Young adult literature. --- Écocritique. --- Écologie humaine dans la littérature. --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique. --- Histoire et critique. --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism.

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Fiction --- Thematology --- English literature --- anno 1900-1999 --- Dys-utopies dans la littérature --- Dystopias in literature --- Dysutopieën in de literatuur --- Futur dans la litterature --- Future in literature --- Langage et culture --- Language and culture --- Taal en cultuur --- Toekomst in de literatuur --- 82-313.2 --- Utopische roman --- American fiction --- Dystopias in literature. --- English fiction --- Future in literature. --- Future, The, in literature. --- Literature and science --- Science fiction, American --- Science fiction, English --- History and criticism. --- More, Thomas, --- Influence. --- 82-313.2 Utopische roman --- Future, The, in literature --- History and criticism --- Moor, Thomas, --- Moore, Thomas, --- Mor, Tomas, --- More, Tomás, --- Moro, Thomaz, --- Moro, Tomás, --- Moro, Tommaso, --- Morus, Tamás, --- Morus, Thomas, --- Morus, Tomasz, --- מורוס, תומאס, --- Science fiction [English ] --- 20th century --- Science fiction [American ] --- Моръ, Томасъ, --- Morʺ, Tomasʺ, --- More, Thomas --- Thomas More --- Moro, Tommaso --- Morus, Thomas --- Morus, T. --- More, T. --- Moro, Tomás --- Culture --- SCIENCE FICTION, ENGLISH --- SCIENCE FICTION, AMERICAN --- DYSTOPIAS IN LITERATURE --- ENGLISH FICTION --- AMERICAN FICTION --- MORE (THOMAS), 1478-1535 --- FUTURE IN LITERATURE --- HISTORY AND CRITICISM --- 20th CENTURY