Birds in medieval English poetry : metaphors, realities, transformations /

Birds featured in many aspects of medieval people's lives, not least in their poetry. But despite their familiar presence in literary culture, it is still often assumed that these representations have little to do with the real natural world. By attending to the ways in which birds were actuall...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Warren, Michael J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2018.
Colección:Nature and environment in the Middle Ages.
Temas:
450-1500
Birds in literature.
English poetry > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
English poetry > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism.
Oiseaux dans la littérature.
Poésie anglaise > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Poésie anglaise > ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) > Histoire et critique.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
English poetry > Middle English.
English poetry > Old English.
Literary criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Native foreigners: Migrating seabirds and the pelagic soul in The Seafarer
  • Avian pedagogies: Wondering with birds in the exeter book riddles
  • A bird's worth: Mis-representing owls in The Owl and the Nighingale
  • 'Kek Kek': Translating birds in The Paliament of Fowls
  • Bird's form: Enabling desire and identities in Confession Amantis
  • Epilogue

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