This volume centers on the study of the relations between literature and the environment and poses important questions to an evolving field: why has ecocriticism focused on narrow, more recent historical periods? What has prevented or discouraged critics from extending environmentally-conscious readings further into the past, and what is lost as a consequence? "Early Modern Ecostudies" engages directly with such issues and advances a new practice that borrows from the methodologies of current ecocriticism, interrogates its problematic assumptions, and extends its reach and significance. Dealing with a range of subjects, these essays apply ecocritical methods to traditional authors such as Shakespeare, Sidney, More, and Milton; canonical texts such Edward Taylor's poetry and the Florentine Codex; and documents from the literature of discovery, medicine, and natural history.
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This volume centers on the study of the relations between literature and the environment and poses important questions to an evolving field: why has ecocriticism focused on narrow, more recent historical periods? What has prevented or discouraged critics from extending environmentally-conscious readings further into the past, and what is lost as a consequence? "Early Modern Ecostudies" engages directly with such issues and advances a new practice that borrows from the methodologies of current ecocriticism, interrogates its problematic assumptions, and extends its reach and significance. Dealing with a range of subjects, these essays apply ecocritical methods to traditional authors such as Shakespeare, Sidney, More, and Milton; canonical texts such Edward Taylor's poetry and the Florentine Codex; and documents from the literature of discovery, medicine, and natural history.
Imprint | Palgrave Macmillan |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Series | Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500-1700 |
Release date | February 2009 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | 2008 |
Authors | I Kamps, K. Raber, Thomas Hallock |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 310 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-230-60461-2 |
Barcode | 9780230604612 |
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LSN | 0-230-60461-7 |