Amitav Ghosh, The Great Derangement

Asis De (Vidyasagar University)

Ed. by Pavan Kumar Malreddy, J W Goethe University of Frankfurt
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 10.3.1.03: Indian Writing and Culture: Post-colonial, 1947-present.
Vol. editors: Claire Gallien (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3), Pavan Kumar Malreddy (J W Goethe University of Frankfurt), Delphine Munos (Université de Liège)

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First circulation or publication 2016

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India (Country of Origin)
United States (Publication/ performance)

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Non-Fiction

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Amitav Ghosh’s non-fiction

The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable

is a literary introspection on the relationship of humanity with ‘nature’ which explores the literary, historical, and political treatments of the civilizational crisis of climate change. The genesis of the book lies in Ghosh’s memory of a devastating tornado that took its route through the campus of Delhi University in the early evening of 17 March 1978, killing 32 and injuring more than 700 people within five minutes. However, Ghosh’s commentary on climate change came in the form of a lecture series on “Fiction, History, and Politics in the Age of Global Warming” (Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Family Lectures) at the University of Chicago (delivered on 29-30 September and 6-7 October…

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Citation: De, Asis. "The Great Derangement". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 05 April 2021 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=39436, accessed 21 November 2024.]

Amitav Ghosh, The Great Derangement

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