Anglo-Saxon Literary Landscapes Heide Estes.
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TextSeries: Environmental humanities in pre-modern culturesPublisher: Amsterdam University Press, Manufacturer: Project MUSE, Description: 1 online resource (1 electronic resource 208 pages)ISBN: 9789048528387; 9048528380Subject(s): Ecocriticism | Landscape in literature | Nature in literature | English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism | Umwelt | Literatur | Ecocriticism | Altenglisch | Nature in literature | Landscapes in literature | Ecology in literature | Ecocriticism | Ecology in literature | Landscapes in literature | Ecocriticism | Nature in literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books. Additional physical formats: Print version:: Anglo-Saxon literary landscapesDDC classification: 810/820 LOC classification: PN1065Online resources: Full text available: | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Imagining the sea in secular and religious poetry -- Ruined landscapes -- Rewriting Guthlac's Wilderness -- Animal natures -- Objects and hyperobjects -- Conclusion: ecologies of the past and the future.
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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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