ABSTRACT
In the last twenty years, traditional analyses of literary representations “Nature” have converged, or collided, with animal studies, energy studies, climate studies, Indigenous studies, and various theoretical paradigms to produce what is probably best described as “posthuman ecology.” Drawing on some of Timothy Morton’s concepts, this essay offers a tour through some of the major issues now occupying recent eighteenth-century environmental scholarship. Through a series of case studies, it emphasizes work on energy, food, the medical posthumanities, and postcoloniality.
