An Arrogant Conqueror in Nature - A new view on Patrick White's Voss

摘要

If we consider Patrick White's novel in green and read his works for their ecological content we can see nature writ large in White's novel Voss: In the novel, Voss, an ego-centric German fails in his attempt to conquer nature. This article seeks to reveal how the author's eco-sense is conveyed in his most notable works.