East Asian Ecocriticisms offers unique essays from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China that outline and symbolize tendencies in East Asian ecocriticism. Drawing on different theoretical views in environmental notion and scholarship, this quantity provides beneficial and unique contributions to worldwide conversations.
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