Description: An examination of how ancient environments were socio-culturally constructed as responsive living entities that could undermine or even challenge humankind's sense of control.
Brief description: Katharina Lorenz is Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Giessen, Germany. She is a series editor for the Bloomsbury series Ancient Environments, and, among many other publications, is author of Bilder machen Räume (2008) and Mythogical Images and their Interpretation (2016).
Review Quotes:
"The volume is highly recommended ... It also succeeds in demonstrating to non-classicists (by adequately introducing authors, works and contexts) the relevance of antiquity for understanding contemporary ecological concerns, and in contributing to ecocritical theory. Conversing with Chaos succeeds on every front and establishes itself as a landmark in the ecocritical study of the ancient world." --Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"A rich and remarkable union of the latest in environmental theory with texts and cultures from the ancient world, which promises to advance both classics and the environmental humanities." --Will Brockliss, Bradshaw Knight Professor of the Environmental Humanities, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA