Anglo-Saxon Literary Landscapes

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...

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description 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.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-364562025-01-28T10:32:52Z Anglo-Saxon Literary Landscapes Estes, Heide Anglo-Saxon studies Ecotheory Old English language and literature Ecocriticism Environmental studies thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSA Literary theory 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. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2019-12-10 14:46:32 2020-04-01T10:55:31Z 2018 book 1004136 OCN: 1100490672 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25945 9789089649447 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36456 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25945/1/1004136.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25945/1/1004136.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25945/1/1004136.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25945/1/1004136.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25945/1/1004136.pdf Amsterdam University Press 10.5117/9789089649447 10.5117/9789089649447 de2ecbe7-1037-4e96-8c3a-5a842d921e04 9789089649447 open access
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Old English language and literature
Ecocriticism
Environmental studies
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Anglo-Saxon Literary Landscapes
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title_short Anglo-Saxon Literary Landscapes
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topic Anglo-Saxon studies
Ecotheory
Old English language and literature
Ecocriticism
Environmental studies
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSA Literary theory
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Ecotheory
Old English language and literature
Ecocriticism
Environmental studies
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