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  • noun One who is involved in the field of ecocriticism.

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eco- +‎ critic

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Examples

  • To add such an insight to others that might be gathered in considering a given text is a perfectly sound strategy, but of course in most cases the ecocritic would likely not appreciate ecocriticism being subsumed to the broader goal of literary understanding in this way.

    The State of Criticism 2008

  • As the ecocritic subjected to Marx's most extended scrutiny, I'd like to respond to his arguments.

    An Exchange on Thoreau Buell, Lawrence 1999

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