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.
| ISBN: | 9781837721023 |
| Publication date: | 15th February 2024 |
| Author: | Stephen Knight |
| Publisher: | University of Wales Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 312 pages |
| Series: | New Century Chaucer |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Nature and the natural world: general interest Literature: history and criticism |
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.
Nature and Medieval Literature features in the following genres: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Literature: history and criticism
Nature and Medieval Literature is available in Hardback
Nature and Medieval Literature was written by Stephen Knight and published by University of Wales Press
Nature and Medieval Literature has 312 pages
Yes it is part of New Century Chaucer series
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