Nature and medieval literature / Stephen Knight.
"This book begins by considering ecocritical approaches to literary texts before moving to a discussion of the ways in which Welsh, French and English authors recount the Peredur/Perceval story: he is Chrétien de Troyes' famous hero, who rides through the forest encountering along the way...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cardiff :
University of Wales press,
2024.
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| Series: | New century Chaucer.
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| Summary: | "This book begins by considering ecocritical approaches to literary texts before moving to a discussion of the ways in which Welsh, French and English authors recount the Peredur/Perceval story: he is Chrétien de Troyes' famous hero, who rides through the forest encountering along the way hostile and sagacious forces. It then looks at the treatment of nature in Chaucer and the Scottish Chaucerians (Dunbar and Henryson), before exploring the treatment of nature in medieval English romances, early modern outlaw myths (particularly those concerning Robin Hood), and lyrics preserves from the medieval and early modern period. The author debates how, while some texts represent actual forces and patterns of natural and animal worlds, others seek to interpret nature itself as the basis for a critique of the human and increasingly urban world"--Page 4 of cover. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 313 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781837721023 1837721025 |