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The natural world in the Exeter book riddles /
This book examines the depiction of the non-human world in the Exeter Book Riddle Collection, investigating humanity's action with, and attitudes towards, the rest of creation using the fields of eco-criticism and eco-theology. While much scholarly attention has been given to what the riddles h...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge :
Boydell & Brewer Ltd.,
2017.
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| Colección: | Nature and environment in the Middle Ages ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontcover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on the Text; Introduction; 1. be sonde, sæwealle neah: Locating Non-Human Subjects in an Anthropocentric World; 2. earfoða dæl: The Groan of Travail in the Ox Riddles; 3. wrætlic weorc smiþa: Inverting the Colophon in Riddle 26; 4. deope gedolgod: Wounding and Shaping in Riddles 53 and 73; 5. fruman agette eall of earde: The Principle of Accountability in Riddle 83; 6. mægene binumen: The Failure of Human Mastery in the Wine and Mead Riddles; 7. swa ne wenaþ men: The Limits of Wisdom in Riddle 84 and the Storm Riddles; Conclusion; Bibliography.