Human/nature: Ecological philosophy in Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake

English Studies in Africa

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 50-62

  Glover, Jayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological philosophy; Ethics; Human nature; Science; Speculative fiction; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957840805     PISSN: 00138398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00138390903444149     Document Type: Review

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