Ecocriticism and Early Modern English Literature - Green Pastures Borlik Todd Andrew Paperback
Ecocriticism and Early Modern English Literature - Green Pastures Borlik Todd Andrew Paperback In this timely new study, Todd A. Deftly avoiding the anachronistic casting of sixteenth- and…
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Ecocriticism and Early Modern English Literature - Green Pastures Borlik Todd Andrew Paperback
In this timely new study, Todd A. Deftly avoiding the anachronistic casting of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century authors as modern environmentalists, he argues that environmental issues, such as nature's personhood, deforestation, energy use, air quality, climate change, and animal sentience, are formative concerns in many early modern texts. Borlik reveals the surprisingly rich potential for the emergent "green" criticism to yield fresh insights into early modern English literature.
At the same time, the book forecasts how ecocriticism will bolster the reputation of less canonical authors like Drayton, Wroth, Bruno, Gascoigne, and Cavendish. The readings infuse a new urgency in familiar works by Shakespeare, Sidney, Spenser, Marlowe, Ralegh, Jonson, Donne, and Milton. Its chapters trace provocative affinities between topics such as Pythagorean ecology and the Gaia hypothesis,
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