Ecocriticism and early modern English literature : green pastures /
Green pastures
Todd A. Borlik.
- New York : Routledge, 2011.
- xii, 279 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 16 .
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.
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English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700 Pastoral literature, English--History and criticism. Ecology in literature. Nature in literature. Philosophy of nature in literature. Ecocriticism. Philosophy of nature--History--England--16th century. Philosophy of nature--History--England--17th century. Environmentalism--History--England--16th century. Environmentalism--History--England--17th century.