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Greenery : Ecocritical readings of late medieval English literature / / Gillian Rudd



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Autore: Rudd Jill Visualizza persona
Titolo: Greenery : Ecocritical readings of late medieval English literature / / Gillian Rudd Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2007
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (230 p.)
Disciplina: 820.9360902
Soggetto topico: Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval
Literature
Nature in literature
English literature - Middle English
Ecocriticism
LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval
Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval
English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism
Soggetto non controllato: Middle English
Sir Orfeo
earth
eco-criticism
fields
gardens
natural world
sea
trees
wilds
Note generali: MUP 2020 titles.
Made available via: manchesterhive.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Preface: Green reading -- 1. Earth and world -- 2. Trees -- 3. Wilds, wastes and wilderness -- 4. Sea and coast -- 5. Gardens and fields -- Bibliography.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Greenery  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-78170-171-7
1-84779-384-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910791951503321
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Serie: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture