04590oam 22009734a 450 991046562580332120211004152538.01-78170-171-71-84779-384-3(CKB)2560000000085735(EBL)1069546(OCoLC)818847250(SSID)ssj0000747077(PQKBManifestationID)12385831(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000747077(PQKBWorkID)10703599(PQKB)10266868(SSID)ssj0001514863(PQKBManifestationID)12612204(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001514863(PQKBWorkID)11480517(PQKB)11439060(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085725(MiAaPQ)EBC1069546(MiAaPQ)EBC1934201(Au-PeEL)EBL1069546(CaPaEBR)ebr10623327(CaONFJC)MIL843593(Au-PeEL)EBL1934201(OCoLC)932346845(OCoLC)1149150007(MdBmJHUP)musev2_78395(EXLCZ)99256000000008573520200106h20132007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGreeneryEcocritical readings of late medieval English literature /Gillian RuddManchester Manchester University Press20071 online resource (230 p.)Manchester medieval literature and cultureMUP 2020 titles.Made available via: manchesterhive.0-7190-7249-2 0-7190-7248-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface: Green reading -- 1. Earth and world -- 2. Trees -- 3. Wilds, wastes and wilderness -- 4. Sea and coast -- 5. Gardens and fields -- Bibliography.Humankind has always been fascinated by the world in which it finds itself, and puzzled by its relations to it. Today that fascination is often expressed in what is now called 'green' terms, reflecting concerns about the non-human natural world, puzzlement about how we relate to it, and anxiety about what we, as humans, are doing to it. So called green or eco-criticism acknowledges this concern.Greenery reaches back and offers new readings of English texts, both known and unfamiliar, informed by eco-criticism. After considering general issues pertaining to green criticism, Greenery moves on to a series of individual chapters arranged by theme (earth, trees, wilds, sea, gardens and fields) which provide individual close readings of selections from such familiar texts as Malory's Morte D'Arthur, Chaucer's Knight's and Franklin's Tales, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Langland's Piers Plowman. These discussions are contextualized by considering them alongside hitherto marginalized texts such as lyrics, Patience and the romance Sir Orfeo. The result is a study which reinvigorates our customary reading of late Middle English literary texts while also allows us to reflect upon the vibrant new school of eco-criticism itself.Manchester Medieval Literature and CultureLiterary studies: ancient, classical & medievalthemaLiteraturemupNature in literaturefast(OCoLC)fst01034680English literatureMiddle Englishfast(OCoLC)fst01710961Ecocriticismfast(OCoLC)fst00901428LITERARY CRITICISM / MedievalbisachLiterary Studies: Classical, Early & MedievalbicsscEcocriticismEnglish literatureMiddle English, 1100-1500History and criticismNature in literatureCriticism, interpretation, etc.Electronic booksElectronic books. Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval.Literature.Nature in literature.English literatureMiddle English.Ecocriticism.LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval.Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval.Ecocriticism.English literatureHistory and criticism.Nature in literature.820.9001820.9360902Rudd Gillian1056712Manchester University Press,MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910465625803321Greenery2491276UNINA