Providing students with an introduction to literature and its context from the 7th to 15th centuries, this text covers the historical, cultural and intellectual background of religion and philosophy, society and politics and art and culture, as well as major works and genres inc…
Providing students with an introduction to literature and its context from the 7th to 15th centuries, this text covers the historical, cultural and intellectual background of religion and philosophy, society and politics and art and culture, as well as major works and genres inc…
Humankind has always been fascinated by the world in which it finds itself, and puzzled by its relations to it. Today that fascination is often expressed in what is now called 'green' terms, reflecting concerns about the non-human natural world, puzzlement about how we relate to…
'Greenery' offers new readings of Middle English texts, both familiar and less familiar, through the contemporary lens of eco-criticism. The uncomplicated style offers possible readings rather than a sealed version of what each text means in green terms.
Humankind has always been fascinated by the world in which it finds itself, and puzzled by its relations to it. Today that fascination is often expressed in what is now called?green? terms, reflecting concerns about the non-human natural world, puzzlement about how we relate to …
Although the anonymous pious Middle English romances and Sir Thomas Malory's 'Morte Darthur' have rarely been studied in relation to each other, they in fact share at least two thematic concerns, vocabularies of suffering and genealogical concerns, as this book demonstrates. By …
"Animals and 'wild men' are everywhere in medieval culture, but their role in illuminating medieval constructions of humanity has never been properly explored. This book gathers together a large number of themes and subjects (including the Bestiary, heraldry, and hunting), and e…
Animals and wild men are everywhere in medieval culture, but their role in illuminating medieval constructions of humanity has rarely been explored. Dorothy Yamamoto examines medieval thinking on animals based upon a wide range of writings.
