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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
August 2021
Print publication year:
2021
Online ISBN:
9781108917452
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108917452
Subjects:
Literature, Anglo Saxon and Medieval Literature
Series:
Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
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Our current ecological crises compel us not only to understand how contemporary media shapes our conceptions of human relationships with the environment, but also to examine the historical genealogies of such perspectives. Written during the onset of the Little Ice Age in Britain, Middle English romances provide a fascinating window into the worldviews of popular vernacular literature (and its audiences) at the close of the Middle Ages. Andrew M. Richmond shows how literary conventions of romances shaped and were in turn influenced by contemporary perspectives on the natural world. These popular texts also reveal widespread concern regarding the damaging effects of human actions and climate change. The natural world was a constant presence in the writing, thoughts, and lives of the audiences and authors of medieval English romance – and these close readings reveal that our environmental concerns go back further in our history and culture than we think.

Reviews

'… it will make readers pay attention to the detail of romances with more care in the future, and with an alertness to elements that are otherwise easy to overlook.'

Helen Cooper Source: Speculum

‘… this study will reward anyone working in Middle English romance, whether or not they think landscape is important in those texts. Details regarding the material concerns of British landscape management, techniques, and physical challenges will reward anyone seeking knowledge of those practices.’

Laura L. Howes Source: Studies in the Age of Chaucer

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