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Ground-Work: English Renaissance Literature and Soil Science (Medieval & Renaissance Literary Studies) - Softcover

Eklund; Hillary

 
9780271092133: Ground-Work: English Renaissance Literature and Soil Science (Medieval & Renaissance Literary Studies)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0271092130 ISBN 13: 9780271092133
Publisher: Duquesne University Press, 2021

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Hillary Eklund is Associate Professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans and the author of Literature and Moral Economy in the Early Modern Atlantic: Elegant Sufficiencies.

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Publisher
Duquesne University Press
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0271092130
ISBN 13 
9780271092133
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
308