Representations of the natural world in Old English poetry /

This book examines descriptions of the natural world in a wide range of Old English poetry. Jennifer Neville describes the physical conditions experienced by the Anglo-Saxons - the animals, diseases, landscapes, seas and weather with which they had to contend. She argues that poetic descriptions of...

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Tác giả chính: Neville, Jennifer, 1968-
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Loạt:Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ; 27.
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Mục lục:
  • Introduction: defining the natural world
  • Defining and confining humanity
  • Constructing society: outside and inside, powerlessness and control
  • Standing outside, standing out: defining the individual
  • Representing God; power in and against nature
  • Enclosing the natural world: knowledge and writing
  • Conclusion.