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Samuel Solnick

Dr Samuel Solnick
BA (Dublin), MA, PhD (London), PGCert (FHEA)

Senior Lecturer in English Literature
English

Publications

Selected publications

  1. Poetry and the Anthropocene: Ecology, biology and technology in contemporary British and Irish poetry (Book - 2018)
  2. Apocalypso (Chapter - 2019)
  3. Fossil Fuel (Chapter - 2021)
  4. Critical Climate Irrealism (Chapter - 2022)
  5. Sweet Food to Sweet Crude: Haunting Place through Planet (Chapter - 2023)
  6. Addressing Globalization in the Anthropocene (Chapter - 2022)
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2024

‘songs to be sung beyond the human’: Mahon’s Terminal Ecologies

Solnick, S. (2024). ‘songs to be sung beyond the human’: Mahon’s Terminal Ecologies. In N. Grene, & T. Walker (Eds.), Derek Mahon: A Retrospective. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.

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2023

Sweet Food to Sweet Crude: Haunting Place through Planet

Solnick, S. (2023). Sweet Food to Sweet Crude: Haunting Place through Planet. In Unknown Book (pp. 49-70). Boydell and Brewer Limited. doi:10.1017/9781805430735.004

DOI
10.1017/9781805430735.004
Chapter

2022

Patrick Goddard, Pedigree –Seventeen Gallery

Solnick, S. (2022). Patrick Goddard, Pedigree –Seventeen Gallery. ArtReview.

Journal article

Critical Climate Irrealism

Solnick, S. (2022). Critical Climate Irrealism. In The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Climate (pp. 296-306). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781009057868.021

DOI
10.1017/9781009057868.021
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Addressing Globalization in the Anthropocene

Solnick, S. (2022). Addressing Globalization in the Anthropocene. In Globalization and Literary Studies (pp. 318-333). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108887915.021

DOI
10.1017/9781108887915.021
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Hope and Art when the World is Falling Apart.

Solnick, S. (2022). Hope and Art when the World is Falling Apart.. [Podcast; University of Minnesota Press]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-xxPBu5cPw

Media

2021

A Spray of Hope

Lynall, G., Solnick, S., & McBride, B. (Eds.) (2021). A Spray of Hope. Liverpool: Literature & Science Hub.

Book

Fossil Fuel

Solnick, S. (2021). Fossil Fuel. In The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Anthropocene (pp. 226-241). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108683111.015

DOI
10.1017/9781108683111.015
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BBC Free Thinking: Ecocriticism

Solnick, S. (2021). BBC Free Thinking: Ecocriticism. [Radio]. Retrieved from https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rw8t

Media

2020

Critical Zones: The Science and Politics of Landing on Earth

Solnick, S. (2020). Critical Zones: The Science and Politics of Landing on Earth. [Art Agenda - https://www.art-agenda.com/features/367892/critical-zones-the-science-and-politics-of-landing-on-earth].

Media

2019

Can artists and designers help save the world?

Solnick, S. (2019). Can artists and designers help save the world?. Royal Academy Magazine. Retrieved from https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/

Internet publication

Apocalypso

Solnick, S. (2019). Apocalypso. In An Ecotopian Lexicon (pp. 22-33). University of Minnesota Press. doi:10.5749/j.ctvthhdbm.7

DOI
10.5749/j.ctvthhdbm.7
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Dominion: The Animals and the Poets/BBC World Service

Solnick, S. (2019). Dominion: The Animals and the Poets/BBC World Service. [Radio]. Retrieved from https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszbww

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The Short Story and the Environment

Lilley, D., & Solnick, S. N. (2019). The Short Story and the Environment. In P. Delaney, & A. Hunter (Eds.), The Edinburgh Companion to the Short Story in English. Edinburgh University Press. Retrieved from https://global.oup.com/

Chapter

2018

Anthropocene

Solnick, S. (2018). Anthropocene. In D. O'Gorman, & R. Eagleston (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century Literary Fiction. Abingdon: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315880235

DOI
10.4324/9781315880235
Chapter

Poetry and the Anthropocene: Ecology, biology and technology in contemporary British and Irish poetry

Solnick, S. (2018). Poetry and the Anthropocene: Ecology, biology and technology in contemporary British and Irish poetry. Abingdon; New York: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315673578

DOI
10.4324/9781315673578
Book

2017

We need to think about redefining citizenship in the Anthropocene

Solnick, S. N. (2017). We need to think about redefining citizenship in the Anthropocene. Retrieved from http://theconversation.com/

Internet publication

Interview with Rosi Braidotti

Solnick, S. (2017). Interview with Rosi Braidotti. The White Review, (19). Retrieved from https://www.thewhitereview.org/issue/issue-no-19/

Journal article

<b>Anthropocene fictions: the novel in a time of climate change</b>, by Adam Trexler

Solnick, S. (2017). <b>Anthropocene fictions: the novel in a time of climate change</b>, by Adam Trexler. Green Letters, 21(1), 93-95. doi:10.1080/14688417.2017.1283800

DOI
10.1080/14688417.2017.1283800
Book Review

2016

How theatre is tackling the biggest issue of all

Solnick, S. N. (2016). How theatre is tackling the biggest issue of all.

Media

In Conversation with Juliana Spahr

Solnick, S. (2016). In Conversation with Juliana Spahr. Retrieved from https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/

Internet publication

2015

Talking about the Spring

Solnick, S. (2015). Talking about the Spring. Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved from http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/public/article1601431.ece

Journal article

2014

Review of 'Beyond the Lyric: A Map of Contemporary British Poetry' by Fiona Sampson

Solnick, S. N. (2014). Review of 'Beyond the Lyric: A Map of Contemporary British Poetry' by Fiona Sampson. C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings, 3(1).

Book Review

Review of Fiona Sampson, Beyond the Lyric: A Map of Contemporary British Poetry

Solnick, S. (2014). Review of Fiona Sampson, Beyond the Lyric: A Map of Contemporary British Poetry. C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-century Writings, 3(1).

Journal article

Got Milk? Marianna Simnett's Short Film 'The Udder'

Solnick, S. (2014). Got Milk? Marianna Simnett's Short Film 'The Udder'. Glasgow Review of Books.

Journal article

Why the cultural response to global warming makes for a heated debate

Solnick, S. (2014). Why the cultural response to global warming makes for a heated debate. The Independent.

Journal article

‘The disease of the interregnum’: irony and climate change

Solnick, S. (2014). ‘The disease of the interregnum’: irony and climate change. Green Letters: Studies in Ecocriticism, 18(2), 143-153. doi:10.1080/14688417.2014.901897

DOI
10.1080/14688417.2014.901897
Journal article

2013

Performing Carbon (in the) Capital

Solnick, S. (n.d.). Performing Carbon (in the) Capital. Alluvium: 21st-Century Writing, 21st-Century Approaches, 3(1). doi:10.7766/alluvium.v3.1.04

DOI
10.7766/alluvium.v3.1.04
Journal article

2012

Reverse Transcribing Climate Change

Solnick, S. (2012). Reverse Transcribing Climate Change. OXFORD LITERARY REVIEW, 34(2), 277-+. doi:10.3366/olr.2012.0046

DOI
10.3366/olr.2012.0046
Journal article

2011

Ecocriticism from Shakespeare to James Lovelock

Solnick, S. N. (2011). Ecocriticism from Shakespeare to James Lovelock. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement.

Journal article

‘Life Subdued to Its Instrument’: Ted Hughes and Technology

Solnick, S. (2011). ‘Life Subdued to Its Instrument’: Ted Hughes and Technology. Ted Hughes Society Journal, 2, 4-16.

Journal article

2010

'An Art to Nurture Nature'

Solnick, S. N. (2010). 'An Art to Nurture Nature'. In Proving Ground: 8 Essays. London: Hannah Barry Gallery.

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