The Ecologies of Choice in Trollope's The Fixed Period

This essay shows that contemporary ecocriticism articulates capitalist ideas about the relationship between individual choice and value first explored by Victorian fiction and political economy. Through an analysis of Anthony Trollope's 1882 speculative novel The Fixed Period, which focuses on...

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Published in:Texas studies in literature and language 2020-06, Vol.62 (2), p.128-148
Main Author: Garcha, Amanpal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aesthetics
Alternative energy
Capitalism
Consumption
Decision making
Ecocriticism
Energy resources
Environmental sustainability
Fiction
Interiority
Laws, regulations and rules
Literary criticism
Modernity
Morton, Timothy
Novels
Plot (Narrative)
Political economy
Politics
Population growth
Speculative fiction
Trollope, Anthony
Trollope, Anthony (1815-1882)
Victorian period
Wind farms
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Summary:This essay shows that contemporary ecocriticism articulates capitalist ideas about the relationship between individual choice and value first explored by Victorian fiction and political economy. Through an analysis of Anthony Trollope's 1882 speculative novel The Fixed Period, which focuses on the politics of population growth, it critically examines the ecological implications of Victorian realist novels' representations of individual agency, social regulation, and decision-making.
ISSN:0040-4691
1534-7303
DOI:10.7560/TSLL62202