Concept Note:
Ecocriticism as a field of literary enquiry began to gain prominence in the Western academia in the 1980s. Simply defined, ecocriticism is the study of the relationships between literature and environment. Thus, ecocriticism is literary and cultural criticism from an environmentalist viewpoint. Texts are evaluated for their environmentally useful and harmful effects. Beliefs and ideologies are assessed for their environmental implications. Ecocriticism challenges the human centered discourse to be the sole subject and concern of literature. Thus the specific concern of ecocriticism lies in what Robinson Jeffers calls 'a shifting of emphasis from man to not-man: the rejection of human solipsism and recognition of trans-human magnificence.' Ecocriticism in fact gives increased attention to literary representations of nature, shifting critical focus from social relations towards natural relationships, and views the individual as a member of the ecosystemic as well as of human patterns of organization. Thus an environmental approach to literature reveals the way our culture has treated nature. It also shapes the way the future generations will tend to deal with nature and environment.
Call for Papers:
Original, scholarly and unpublished research papers of around 5000 words are invited from Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Lecturers and Research Scholars from all over the world to contribute to a referred and double blind peer reviewed anthology tentatively entitled Ecological Criticism in Theory and Practice. The book will bear an ISBN number (International Standard Book Number) and will be published by a national publisher based in Kolkata (Calcutta). Papers must be based on but not limited to the following sub-themes:

Ecocriticism & Theory.
Ecofeminism and Literature.
Biopolitics and Literature.
Ecocriticism and British Literature.
Ecocriticism and American Literature.
Ecocriticism and Postcolonial Literatures(Preferably Indian, Australian, Canadian, African and Caribbean ).

The following points are to be adhered while submitting research papers:
1. Pages should be of A4 size.
2. The title of the paper should be in sentence case and center alignment.
3. Times New Roman fonts should be used and the font size should be 12.
4. Double spacing should be used between lines.
5. The MLA Handbook (Seventh Edition) should be followed for references and citations.
6. Please do not use Foot Notes. Use End Notes instead.
7. Research papers should be submitted in MS Word 2007 format.
8. Each paper must be accompanied by:
i. A declaration that it is an original work and has not been published elsewhere or is under consideration for publication.
ii. An abstract of paper in no more than 400 words.
iii. A short biographical note about the contributor/s indicating name, institutional affiliation, brief career history, postal address, contact address (both personal and office) and e-mail id as a single attachment.

Mode of Submission:
Contributors are requested to send the full paper with brief bio note, declaration and abstract as a single MS Word attachment to the following e-mail address: roy.english82@gmail.com on or before March 31st 2015. Kindly send the abstract by 31st January, 2015.

Selection Procedure:
All submissions will be sent for blind peer reviewing. Final selections will be made only if the papers are recommended for publication by the reviewers. Details about the selection of papers will be informed through e-mail. The editor reserves the right to make editing changes in the papers selected for publication for the sake of conceptual clarity and formatting, if needed. Please indicate "Ecological Criticism in Theory and Practice" in the subject line of all e-mail correspondence.