Ecocriticism and early modern English literature green pastures
Todd A. Borlik.Green pastures
New York
Routledge
2011
xii, 279 p. ill. 24 cm
Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture
green pastures
English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism
Pastoral literature, English--History and criticism
Ecology in literature
Nature in literature
Philosophy of nature in literature
Ecocriticism
Philosophy of nature--England--History--16th century
Philosophy of nature--England--History--17th century
Environmentalism--England--History--16th century
Environmentalism--England--History--17th century
PR
438
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E39B67
2011
Borlik, Todd Andrew
Originally presented as author's thesis )doctoral(--University of Washington, 2008, under title: Green pastures : ecocriticism and early modern English literature
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- Reincarnating Pythagoras: anima mundi and Renaissance gaia theory -- Mute timber: environmental stichomythia in The old Arcadia and Poly-Olbion -- The reformation and the disenchantment of nature -- "Hast any philosophy in thee, shepherd?": environmental ethics and the good life in Renaissance pastoral -- Rethinking dominion: pastoral and the republic of nature -- Conclusion: ecocriticism as a version of the pastoral