Water in Medieval Literature: An Ecocritical Reading

Water in Medieval Literature: An Ecocritical Reading
ISBN-10
1498539858
ISBN-13
9781498539852
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
358
Language
English
Published
2017-08-15
Publisher
Lexington Books
Author
Albrecht Classen

Description

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.

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