Ecoliterature: Principles and Applications, 2014, 164 pp.  (English, Hardcover, S Kumaran)

About the book - ecocriticism does not glorify nature and its objects, rather it brings out the interrelationship that underpins the universe. It also indicates how human beings are linked to the life of nature, which includes all the members of ecosphere such as soils, rocks, trees, rivers, animals, etc. Moreover, it advocates appropriate ways of living that help humans to formulate an ethical system that guards them against the misuse of available natural resources. Most of the problems faced by humans are the result of their self-indulgence and avarice and these can be rectified only through proper understanding of human life. Ecocriticism tries to educate humans of the sacred bond between humans and earth. About the author - dr. Kumaran sudhanthiram is working as an assistant professor in the department of english, university college of engineering tindivanam, which is a constituent unit of anna university, chennai. He has received his doctorate from anna university and has obtained pgcte from english and foreign languages university, hyderabad. Further, he has qualified both state eligibility test and ugc-national eligibility test. He is actively engaged in research work and his research contributions include: 30 journal publications, 35 paper presentations, 8 papers in various anthologies, and guidance to doctoral students. Moreover, he is the treasurer of guild of indian english writers, editors and critics (giewec); associate editor of two refereed international biannual journals, writers editors critics (wec) and international journal on multicultural literature (ijml); member of the editorial boards of various journals from india and abroad.