Literature and nature in the English Renaissance an ecocritical anthology /
Featuring over two hundred nature-themed texts spanning the disciplines of literature, science and history, this sourcebook offers an accessible field guide to the environment of Renaissance England, revealing a nation at a crossroads between its pastoral heritage and industrialized future. Carefull...
| Other Authors: | Borlik, Todd Andrew, |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2019.
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| Physical Description: |
xxi, 602 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Cosmologies. Creation and the state of nature
- Natural theologies
- Part II: The tangled chain. Hierarchy and the human animal
- Beasts
- Birds
- Fish
- Insects
- Plants
- Gems, metals, elements, atoms
- Part III: Time and place. Seasons
- Country houses
- Gardens
- Pastoral: pastures, meadows, plains, downs
- Georgic: fields, farms
- Forests, woods, parks
- Heaths, moors
- Mountains, hills, vales
- Lakes , rivers, oceans
- Part IV: Interactions. Animal-baiting ; Hunting, hawking
- Fishing
- Pet-keeping
- Cooking, feasting, fasting, healing
- Part V: Environmental problems in early modern England. Population
- Enclosure
- Deforestation
- The draining of the fens
- Pollution
- Part VI: Disaster and resilience in the Little Ice Age . Extreme weather, disorder, dearth
- Decay
- Resilience.