Stephen Knight

Nature and Medieval Literature (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book begins by considering ecocritical approaches to literary texts and then moves to a discussion of the ways in which Welsh, French and English authors recount the Peredur/Perceval story. The study then embarks on full-chapter studies of the treatment of nature in a range of major authors and texts, including the work of Chaucer, the Scottish Chaucerians (Dunbar and Henryson), the medieval and early modern outlaw myths (particularly those concerning Robin Hood), the medieval English romances, and finally a selection of medieval English lyrics. The book argues that while some texts represent the actual forces and patterns of the natural and animal worlds, other texts use the natural and animal worlds both as a way of understanding nature itself and as a basis for a critique of the human and increasingly urban world of the medieval period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Wales Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781837721047
• Artikelnr.: 70374750

Autorenporträt

Stephen Knight is retired honorary research professor at the University of Melbourne, and formerly distinguished research professor at Cardiff University.