Editorial: University of Wales Press
Colección: New Century Chaucer
Número de páginas: 312 págs.
Fecha de edición: 01-02-2024
EAN: 9781837721023
ISBN: 978-1-83772-102-3
Precio (sin IVA): 106,98 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 111,26 €
This book investigates medieval writers who explore natural themes but also critique the human world through the patterns of nature. Starting with a consideration of ecological criticism in general, it shows how Welsh, French, and English authors deal differently with the Peredur/Perceval story. In each case, it is shown how the texts at times represent the actual forces and patterns of the natural and animal worlds, but how in other cases—and sometimes overlapping with an understanding of nature itself—authors can use the natural and animal world as a basis for a critique of the human and increasingly urban world of the medieval period.