Resumen de Review Essay: Steps to a Material Ecocriticism. The Recent Literature about the “New Materialisms” and its Impact on Ecocritical Theory

Serenella Iovino

• This bibliographic essay illustrates the proliferation of studies about the "new materialisms" and examines the potential influx of this conceptual trend on ecocriticism. In the discussion, in particular, I provide a comparative analysis of four books: Stacy Alaimo and Susan Hekman, Eds. "Material Feminisms" (Bloomington: Indiana U P, 2008), Stacy Alaimo, "Bodily Natures: Science, Environment, and the Material Self" (Bloomington: Indiana U P, 2010), Jane Bennett, "Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things" (Durham and London: Duke U P, 2010), David Abram, "Becoming Animal" (New York: Vintage Books, 2010).