Editions Rodopi BV is pleased to announce the following new publications 
in Enviromental Studies:

* The Recurrent Green Universe of John Fowles
  Thomas M. Wilson
  Amsterdam/New York, NY 2006. 283 pp. (Nature, Culture and Literature 1)
  ISBN: 90-420-1989-1 			Paper Euro 57,-/US$ 74.-
  ISBN 13: 978-90-420-1989-8

Ecocriticism is the emerging academic field which explores nature writing 
and ecological themes in all literature.  Thomas M. Wilson’s book is the 
first to consider the work of one of the most critically acclaimed and 
generally popular post-war English writers from an ecocritical 
perspective. Fowles is best known as a novelist and author of such works 
as The Magus, The French Lieutenant’s Woman and Daniel Martin.  Going 
beyond the fiction, this book also examines the many profound reflections 
on the natural world found in his essays, poems and his recently published 
Journals. John Fowles’ writings have cast light on the ways we perceive 
the natural world, from curious scientific observer to Wordsworthian lover 
of natural places, as well as many other important and, at this time, 
crucial themes.  This volume will be of interest to critics and readers of 
contemporary fiction, but most of all, to anyone curious about their place 
in the recurrent green universe that is our earth.

‘Thomas Wilson’s work deserves to be read widely, not only by Fowles 
scholars but also by non-specialist, intelligent readers interested in 
their place in the natural world.

‘Ecocriticism is becoming an extensive and rapidly-expanding field of 
literary study, and Wilson is working at its forward edge, with an 
important modern figure who is both creator and critic within this field.  
Wilson has made a significant contribution to this field, with careful 
attention to the classical, continental, British and American literary 
backgrounds of pastoral and nature-writing, as well as the related 
contributions by philosophers, scientists, and artists.  His coverage of 
Fowles is thorough and insightful.  He has read widely, and he has also 
met and talked with Fowles, read his unpublished essays, walked in his 
native place and garden, and spent time studying at a nearby English 
university… I congratulate Dr. Wilson for his achievement.’ 	

Thomas M. Wilson lives in Perth, Western Australia, and holds a Ph.D. from 
the University of Western Australia.  He writes ecocriticism and has been 
published in journals such as Organization and Environment, and ISLE: 
Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment.  More information 
about the author is available at www.tmwilson.org.