Literature and Nature in the English Renaissance - An Ecocritical Anthology

Klappentext Anthology providing an indispensable guide to the environment of Shakespeare's England and a helpful reference resource for Renaissance ecocriticism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Cosmologies: Section 1. Creation and the State of Nature; Section 2. Natural Theologies; Part II. The Tangled Chain; Section 1. Hierarchy and the Human Animal; Section 2. Beasts; Section 3. Birds; Section 4. Fish; Section 5. Insects; Section 6. Plants; Section 7. Gems, Metals, Elements, Atoms; Part III. Time and Place; Section 1. Seasons; Section 2. Country Houses; Section 3. Gardens; Section 4. Pastoral: Pastures, Meadows, Plains; Sections 5. Georgic: Fields, Farms; Section 6. Forests, Woods, Parks; Section 7. Heaths, Moors; Section 8. Mountains, Hills, Vales; Section 9. Lakes, Rivers, Oceans; Part IV. Interactions; Section 1. Animal- Baiting; Section 2. Hunting, Hawking; Section 3. Fishing; Section 4. Pet-Keeping; Section 5. Cooking, Feasting, Fasting, Healing; Part V. Environmental Problems in Early Modern England; Section 1. Population; Section 2. Enclosure; Section 3. Deforestation; Section 4. The Draining of the Fens; Section 5. Pollution; Part VI. Disaster and Resilience in the Little Ice Age; Section 1. Extreme Weather, Disorder, Dearth; Section 2. Decay; Section 3. Resilience.

Product details

• Authors: Todd Andrew (University of Huddersfield) Borlik
• Assisted by: Todd Andrew Borlik (Editor), Borlik Todd Andrew (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.03.2021
• EAN: 9781316649534
• ISBN: 978-1-316-64953-4
• No. of pages: 624
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; English, Anthologies: general, Renaissance style, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Anthologies (non-poetry), Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600