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Inscribing the Environment : Ecocritical Approaches to Medieval Spanish Literature.

Ecocriticism as a theoretical model has primarily been used in the study of Romantic, post-Romantic, and contemporary literary texts. Applications of the concepts of ecocriticism to medieval literature, however, are a fairly recent phenomenon. This book examines key, canonical works from medieval Sp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scarborough, Connie L., 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Español
Publicado: Berlin : De Gruyter, 2013.
Colección:Fundamentals of medieval and early modern culture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Ecocriticism as a theoretical model has primarily been used in the study of Romantic, post-Romantic, and contemporary literary texts. Applications of the concepts of ecocriticism to medieval literature, however, are a fairly recent phenomenon. This book examines key, canonical works from medieval Spain with an eye to authors' depictions, realistic and symbolic, of their natural surroundings. It shows how descriptions of the natural world in these texts are informed by both the authors' perceptions of the environment and established literary models.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (200 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-169) and index.
ISBN:9783110265033
3110265036
3110309394
9783110309393