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Towards a Green Medical Humanities: Solastalgia, Ecological PTSD, and Beyond in Charles Rangeley-Wilson’s Silt Road: The Story of a Lost River
Abstract
This article concerns the relationship between the environment and trauma-like states of mental crisis—a relationship that invites a merging of the concerns of eco-criticism and medical humanities, i.e., a green medical humanities. The article outlines the need for a medical humanities with a clear ecological dimension and introduces two terms that in very different ways combine concerns with the environment and mental health: solastalgia and ecological PTSD. Lastly, the article shows how a reading of a contemporary text—Charles Rangeley-Wilson’s Silt Road: The Story of a Lost River—dealing with the dramatic changes undergone by a British river, benefits from, but also challenges, a combination of ecological and mental health perspectives.
How to Cite:
Kirk, J., 2022. Towards a Green Medical Humanities: Solastalgia, Ecological PTSD, and Beyond in Charles Rangeley-Wilson’s Silt Road: The Story of a Lost River. Nordic Journal of English Studies, 21(2), pp.90–107. DOI: http://doi.org/10.35360/njes.777
Published on
28 Dec 2022.
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