Ecocriticism and Early Modern English Literature: Green Pastures

ISBN-13: 9780415878616 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 292 str.

Todd Andrew Borlik;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

Borlik reveals the surprisingly rich potential for the emergent 'green' criticism to yield fresh insights into early modern English literature in this study. Avoiding the casting of 16th and 17-century authors as modern environmentalists, he argues that environmental issues are formative concerns in many early modern texts.

Spis treści

List of Figures.  Acknowledgments.  Introduction  1. Reincarnating Pythagoras: Anima Mundi and Renaissance Gaia Theory  2. Mute Timber?; Environmental Stichomythia in The Old Arcadia and Poly-Olbion  3. The Reformation and the Disenchantment of Nature  4. "Hast Any Philosophy In Thee, Shepherd?": Environmental Ethics and the Good Life in Renaissance Pastoral  5. Rethinking Dominion: Pastoral and the Republic of Nature.  Conclusion: Ecocriticism as a Version of the Pastoral.  Notes.  Bibliography.  Index

O autorze

Todd A. Borlik is Assistant Professor of English at Bloomsburg University, USA.