Fire on the Mountain – Theme of Alienation and Eco-Critical

Abstract

Man lives in close communion with nature and hence every change of mood in Nature affects the mood of man also. Man’s relationship with nature has been expressed beautifully in the poems of Wordsworth, Keats, Frost and Shakespeare. In the New Age literary theory Eco-criticism has found a prominent place which examines and explores the bond between nature and man in literature. Classics in Literature like Shakespeare’s plays and Romantic Age poetry are being re-read in this context and eco-critical perspective gives a new dimension to the critique