UID:
almafu_9960963986602883
Umfang:
1 online resource (305 pages)
ISBN:
0-271-09352-8
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0-271-09353-6
Serie:
Medieval and Renaissance Literary Studies
Inhalt:
How does soil, as an ecological element, shape culture? With the sixteenth-century shift in England from an agrarian economy to a trade economy, what changes do we see in representations of soil as reflected in the language and stories during that time? This collection brings focused scholarly attention to conceptions of soil in the early modern period, both as a symbol and as a feature of the physical world, aiming to correct faulty assumptions that cloud our understanding of early modern ecological thought: that natural resources were then poorly understood and recklessly managed, and that cultural practices developed in an adversarial relationship with natural processes. Moreover, these essays elucidate the links between humans and the lands they inhabit, both then and now.
Anmerkung:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction: --
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1. Compost/Composition --
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2. Richard Carew and the Matters of the Littoral --
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3. Visions of Soil and Body Management: --
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4. Unsoiled Soil and "Fleshly Slime": --
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5. Groping Golgotha: --
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6. Winstanley and Postrevolutionary Soil --
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7. Fertility versus Firepower: --
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8. Wetlands Reclamation and the Fate of the Local in Seventeenth Century England --
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9. Manuring Eden: --
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Afterword --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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About the Contributors --
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Index
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In English.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Eklund, Hillary Ground-Work University Park : Penn State University Press,c2017 ISBN 9780820704999
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1515/9780271093529
