Anglo-Saxon Literary Landscapes
Estes, Heide
Anglo-Saxon Literary Landscapes - Amsterdam University Press 2018
Open Access
Literary scholars have traditionally understood landscapes, whether natural or manmade, as metaphors for humanity instead of concrete settings for people's actions. This book accepts the natural world as such by investigating how Anglo-Saxons interacted with and conceived of their lived environments. Examining Old English poems, such as Beowulf and Judith, as well as descriptions of natural events from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and other documentary texts, Heide Estes shows that Anglo-Saxon ideologies which view nature as diametrically opposed to humans, and the natural world as designed for human use, have become deeply embedded in our cultural heritage, language, and more.
Creative Commons
English
9789089649447
10.5117/9789089649447 doi
Literary theory
Anglo-Saxon studies Ecotheory Old English language and literature Ecocriticism Environmental studies
Anglo-Saxon Literary Landscapes - Amsterdam University Press 2018
Open Access
Literary scholars have traditionally understood landscapes, whether natural or manmade, as metaphors for humanity instead of concrete settings for people's actions. This book accepts the natural world as such by investigating how Anglo-Saxons interacted with and conceived of their lived environments. Examining Old English poems, such as Beowulf and Judith, as well as descriptions of natural events from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and other documentary texts, Heide Estes shows that Anglo-Saxon ideologies which view nature as diametrically opposed to humans, and the natural world as designed for human use, have become deeply embedded in our cultural heritage, language, and more.
Creative Commons
English
9789089649447
10.5117/9789089649447 doi
Literary theory
Anglo-Saxon studies Ecotheory Old English language and literature Ecocriticism Environmental studies