Inscribing the Environment Ecocritical Approaches to Medieval Spanish Literature
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Connie Scarborough
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Inscribing the Environment Ecocritical Approaches to Medieval Spanish Literature
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH& Co.KG
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9783110265033
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Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern CultureISSN
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1
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CHF 115.30
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Geisteswissenschaften allgemein
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English
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195
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Ecocriticism as a theoretical model has primarily been used in the study of Romantic, post-Romantic, and contemporary literary texts. Applications of the concepts to medieval literature, however, are a fairly recent phenomenon. This book examines key, canonical works from medieval Spain, showing how descriptions of the natural world in these texts are informed by both the authors' perceptions of the environment and established literary models.
Connie Scarborough
, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA.
Introduction. Ecocritical Sensibilities and Spanish Medieval Texts
9
Part I - Nature Untamed
19
Chapter One.The Forest of Corpes: Poema de Mio Cid
19
Chapter Two. Desert and Mountains: Vida de Santa Maria Egipciaca, Vida de Santo Domingo de Silos, and Vida de San Millán de la Cogolla
33
Chapter Three. The Sea: Libro de Alexandre and the Cantigas de Santa Maria
51
Part II - Nature Tamed
71
Chapter Four. The Urban Garden: Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea
71
Chapter Five. Fields: Cantigas de Santa Maria, Milagros de Nuestra Señora, Poema de Mio Cid, and Libro de Alexandre
87
Part III: Nature Stylized
101
Chapter Six. Spiritual locus amoenus: Milagros de Nuestra Señora
101
Chapter Seven. Sensual locus amoenus: Razón de amor con los denuestos del agua y el vino
123
Chapter Eight. Idealized Countryside: Laus Hispaniae in Poema de Fernán González and Estoria de España
141
Conclusions
157
Works Cited
165
Illustrations
179
Index
195
