Byzantine Ecocriticism

Embraces ecofeminism for the study of Byzantine literature and culture Examines depictions of women, romance, and nature in Byzantine literature to deconstruct underlying hegemonies Analyzes the ideologies of power and control between women, men, and the environment

Adam J. Goldwyn is Professor of English at North Dakota State University, USA. He is the author, most recently, of Homer, Humanism, Holocaust (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022), Rae Dalven: The Life of a Greek-Jewish Immigrant (2022), and Witness Literature in Byzantium (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).

.- 1 Byzantine Studies in an Age of Environmental Crisis.- 2 Zoomorphic and Anthomorphic Metaphors in the "Proto-Romance" Digenis Akritis.- 3 Rape, Consent, and Ecofeminist Narratology in the Komnenian Romances.- 4 Witches and Nature Control in the Palaiologan Romances and Beyond.- 5 Byzantine Posthumanism: Autpoiesis, Sympoiesis, and an Eco-Ethics of Sustainability.