{"product_id":"premodern-ecologies-in-the-modern-literary-imagination-hardback-9781487504144","title":"Premodern Ecologies in the Modern Literary Imagination (Hardback) 9781487504144","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePremodern Ecologies in the Modern Literary Imagination\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eVin Nardizzi (Edited by), Tiffany Jo Werth (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487504144\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 April 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.7 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePremodern Ecologies in the Modern Literary Imagination \u003c\/em\u003eexplores how the cognitive and physical landscapes in which scholars conduct research, write, and teach have shaped their understandings of medieval and Renaissance English literary \"oecologies.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe collection strives to practice what Ursula K. Heise calls \"eco-cosmopolitanism,\" a method that imagines forms of local environmentalism as a defense against the interventions of open-market global networks. It also expands the idea\u0026amp;#x2019;s possibilities and identifies its limitations through critical studies of premodern texts, artefacts, and environmental history. The essays connect real environments and their imaginative (re)creations and affirm the urgency of reorienting humanity\u0026amp;#x2019;s responsiveness to, and responsibility for, the historical links between human and non-human existence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe discussion of ways in which meditation on scholarly place and time can deepen ecocritical work offers an innovative and engaging approach that will appeal to both ecocritics generally and to medieval and early modern scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003eEnvironmental Reading: Premodern Literature in Its Places \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOecologies: Engaging the World, from Here\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Love of Life: Reading \u003cem\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/em\u003e Close to Home\u003cbr\u003e2. Backyard\u003cbr\u003e3. Bold Riparian Schemes: Imagining Water and the Hydrosocial Cycle across Time and Space\u003cbr\u003e4. Distemperature in \u003cem\u003eA Midsummer Night\u0026amp;#x2019;s Dream\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Biodynamic Viticulture, Natural Wine, and the Premodern\u003cbr\u003e6. Sustainability\u003cbr\u003e7. Consuming Debt\u003cbr\u003e8. Failure\u003cbr\u003e9. A Singular World: The Perils and Possibilities of the Bird\u0026amp;#x2019;s Eye View\u003cbr\u003e10. Liquids and Solids: Indigeneity as Capricious Matter in William Colenso\u0026amp;#x2019;s Colonial Encounters\u003cbr\u003e11. Ruined Medievalism\u003cbr\u003e12. Tangled History: Nature, Nation, and Canadian Neomedievalism \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword: Environmentalism, Eco-Cosmopolitanism, and Premodern Thought\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595468468504,"sku":"9781487504144","price":42.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/premodern-ecologies-in-the-modern-literary-imagination-hardback-9781487504144","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}