Old English ecotheology : the Exeter Book

Old English ecotheology : the Exeter Book /

This book examines the impact of environmental crises on early medieval English theology and poetry. Like their modern counterparts, theologians at the turn of the first millennium understood the interconnectedness of the Earth community, and affirmed the independent subjectivity of other-than-human...

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Main Author: Barajas, Courtney Catherine (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2021
Series:Environmental humanities in pre-modern cultures.
Subjects:
Exeter book.
Ecotheology.
Electronic books.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Early Medieval Earth Consciousness
  • Ælfric, Wulfstan, and the Exeter Book
  • Chapter Summaries
  • Bibliography
  • 1. Old English Ecotheology
  • Medieval and Modern Ecotheology
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • 2. The Web of Creation in Wisdom Poems
  • Gnome(ish) Wisdom in Old English Poetry
  • "The Web of Mysteries": Poetic Entanglement in The Order of the World
  • Mapping Kinship Connections in Maxims I
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • 3. Identity, Affirmation, and Resistance in the Exeter Riddle Collection
  • Ambiguous interpretation in the Exeter riddle collection
  • Birds'-Eye View: Riddle 6 and Riddle 7
  • Heroic Horns and Wounded Wood: Riddles of Transformation
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • 4. Trauma and Apocalypse in the Eco-elegies
  • Environmental Trauma & Natural Depression in The Wanderer
  • Apocalypse / Now: The Ruin
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • 5. Mutual Custodianship in the Landscapes of Guðlac A
  • Home, Alone: Guðlac in the Wilderness
  • Lessons in Early Medieval English Environmentalism
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Coda: Old English Ecotheology
  • Bibliography

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