Definitions and Abbreviations
Introduction
I.Literary Reverberations between England and China
II.Nature as a Novel Interest
III.Ziran：A Taoist Conception of Nature
IV.The Comparative Methodology：Potential and Principle
V.Ecocriticism and Taoism
Chapter 1 The Relational Self in Symbiosis：Far from the Madding Crowd and Fengzi
I.Novels of Character and Ziranx
II.A Relational Self and the Secularised Religion of Nature
III.A Reconceptualisation of Pastoralism
IV.Conclusion
Chapter 2 The Aesthetics of Silence：The Woodlanders and The Border Town
I.Relative Silence of Speech
II.Novelistic Lyricism？
III.The Seasonal Tempo
IV.Nature-Witnessing
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