Writing the forest in early modern England : a sylvan pastoral nation / Jeffrey S. Theis.
| Author/creator | Theis, Jeffrey S. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press, ©2009. |
| Description | xv, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Medieval & Renaissance literary studies Medieval and Renaissance literary studies. ^A489236 |
| Contents | The rise of sylvan pastoral: literary form meets forest history -- Shakespeare's green plot: the stage as forest and the forest as stage in As you like it -- Green plots and green plotters: A midsummer night's dream and sylvan struggle -- A border skirmish: community, deer poaching, and spatial transgression in The merry wives of Windsor -- Sylvan pastoral and the civil war: representing national trauma in sylvan terms -- Royalist woods -- John Milton's sylvan pastorals and the theatrical and godly individual. |
| Abstract | "An ecocritical study of forests in early modern English literature, this book is the first to identify 'sylvan pastoral' as a distinct literary form and thus makes an important contribution to the growing field of ecocriticism and the history of environmentalism"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009046462 |
| ISBN | 9780820704234 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0820704237 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR438.E39 T47 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |