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Livre 3 sur 9: Nature and Environment in the Middle Ages

Brooks, Britton Elliott

 
9781843845300: Restoring Creation: The Natural World in the Anglo-Saxon Saints' Lives of Cuthbert and Guthlac
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ISBN 10 : 184384530X ISBN 13 : 9781843845300
Editeur : D.S. Brewer, 2019

Synopsis

The question of the relationship between humanity and the non-human world may seem a modern phenomenon; but in fact, even in the early medieval period people actively reflected on their own engagement with the non-human world, with such reflections profoundly shaping their literature. This book reveals how the Anglo-Saxons themselves conceptualised the relationship, using the Saints Lives of Cuthbert and Guthlac as a prism. Each saint is fundamentally linked to a specific and recognisable location in the English landscape: Lindisfarne and Farne for Cuthbert, and the East Anglian fens and the island of Crowland for Guthlac. These landscapes of the mind were defined by the theological and philosophical perspectives of their authors and audiences. The world in all its wonder was Creation, shaped by God. When humanity fell in Eden, its relationship to this world was transformed: cold now bites, fire burns, and wolves attack. In these Lives, however, saints, the holy epitome of humanity, are shown to restore the human relationship with Creation, as in the sea-otters warming Cuthbert's frozen feet, or birds and fish gathering to Guthlac like sheep to their shepherd. BRITTON ELLIOTT BROOKS IS Project Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo, Centre for Global Communication Strategies.

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À propos de l'auteur

Britton Elliott Brooks is assistant professor of English at Kyushu University. His research centres on the environmental humanities, focusing most recently on non-human soundscapes in early medieval literature and the role of the ocean in literature more broadly.

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Éditeur
D.S. Brewer
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
184384530X
ISBN 13 
9781843845300
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
324
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Personne responsable
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