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Strange beauty Ecocritical approaches to early medieval landscape /

concerns, arguing for a contemporary re-reading of the Otherworld trope in relation to physical experience.

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Main Authors: Siewers, Alfred K
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: New Middle Ages
Subjects:
Celtic literature > History and criticism
Nature in literature
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism
Landscapes in literature
Medieval history
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
History
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230100527
Summary: concerns, arguing for a contemporary re-reading of the Otherworld trope in relation to physical experience.
"Strange Beauty is an outstanding addition to medieval cultural studies. The volume combines philological rigor, meticulous research, an engaging writing style, a fascinating set of questions, and a theory-savvy, innovative line of research. Siewers' book will put environmental approaches to medieval literature and culture on the critical agenda. The geographic and temporal dynamism that it allows its texts is inspirational. Well-chosen as well is the emphasis upon the Otherworld, the perfect imagined geography through which to think the project's cluster of questions. Strange Beauty is, in
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Originally published in: 2009.
Carrier Form: 240 p.
ISBN: 9780230606647
9780230100527 :
023010052X :
CLC: I560.06
Contents: Text, Context, Ecology: The Archipelagic Turn * Why Landscape Matters: Reading the Eriugenan Synthesis Today * Colors of the Winds, Landscapes of Creation * Landscape as Heuristic: Iconography and the Ulster Cycle * Thinking Like a Landscape: Ecology, Empire, and Archipelago.

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