Plant Poetics explores the forms and
functions of the vegetal across a broad body of literature. From Homer to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and from Jamaica Kincaid
to Esther Kinsky, the contributions to this volume trace plants in literary works from around the world. Based on nuanced
theoretical and historical groundwork, these readings bring together interdisciplinary perspectives on literary and cultural
plant studies. The volume shows how vegetal beings have impacted the ways humans think about narrative time, genre, and writing
as a literary practice.
Plant Poetics illustrates the capacity of plants to make (literary) worlds and shape their
forms.
Joela Jacobs, Associate Professor of German Studies, University of Arizona and Literary and
Cultural Plant Studies Network
Isabel Kranz, Department of Cultural Studies
, University of Applied
Arts Vienna.
Solvejg Nitzke, Interim Professor of Comparative Literature, Ruhr-University Bochum
BOOK PRESENTATIONPlant Poetics will be presented on Wednesday, December 20,
2025, at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. More information in our event calendar
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