Ground-Work : English Renaissance Literature and Soil Science
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| Title: | Ground-Work : English Renaissance Literature and Soil Science |
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| Description: | 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. |
| Authors: | Hillary Eklund |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Ecocriticism, Literature and science--England--History--16th century, Literature and science--England--History--17th century, English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism, Nature in literature, Soil and civilization |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, SCIENCE / History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Nature |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | 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. |
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| ISBN: | 9780820704999 9780271093529 9780271093536 |
