Anglo-Saxon Literary Landscapes Ecotheory and the Environmental Imagination
Literary scholars have traditionally understood landscapes, whether natural or manmade, as metaphors for humanity instead of concrete settings for peoples actions. This book accepts the natural world as such by investigating how Anglo-Saxons interacted with and conceived of their lived environments....
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press
2018
[2017] |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Environmental humanities in pre-modern cultures.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009431217706719 |
| Summary: | Literary scholars have traditionally understood landscapes, whether natural or manmade, as metaphors for humanity instead of concrete settings for peoples actions. This book accepts the natural world as such by investigating how Anglo-Saxons interacted with and conceived of their lived environments. Examining Old English poems, such as 'Beowulf' and 'Judith', as well as descriptions of natural events from the 'Anglo-Saxon Chronicle' and other documentary texts, Heide Estes shows that Anglo-Saxon ideologies which view nature as diametrically opposed to humans, and the natural world as designed for human use, have become deeply embedded in our cultural heritage, language, and more. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789048551408 9789048528387 |
| Access: | Open access |
