Water in medieval literature: an ecocritical reading
Auteur :
Classen, Albrecht
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9781498539869
Date de publication :
31 mai 2019
Dimensions :
22,1 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
517 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This book uncovers the tremendous importance of water for European medieval literature, focusing on a large number of writers and poets. Water proves to be highly meaningful in religious, literary, and factual narratives insofar as it emerges as a central catalyst to bring about epiphany and epistemological and spiritual illumination.