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 founder of the Literary and
Cultural Plant Studies Network
Isabel Kranz, Professor of Cultural Studies
, University of Applied
Arts Vienna
Solvejg Nitzke, Interim Professor of Comparative Literature, Ruhr-University Bochum
BOOK
PRESENTATIONPlant Poetics was presented on Wednesday, December 20, 2025, at the University
of Applied Arts Vienna. Find our upcoming book presentations in our
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