Ecocriticism and early modern English literature : green pastures /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Borlik, Todd Andrew
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, 2011.
Series:	Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 16.
Subjects:	English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism. Pastoral literature, English > History and criticism. Ecology in literature. Nature in literature. Philosophy of nature in literature. Ecocriticism. Philosophy of nature > England > History > 16th century. Philosophy of nature > England > History > 17th century. Environmentalism > England > History > 16th century. Environmentalism > England > History > 17th century.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Reincarnating Pythagoras: anima mundi and Renaissance gaia theory
Mute timber: environmental stichomythia in The old Arcadia and Poly-Olbion
The reformation and the disenchantment of nature
"Hast any philosophy in thee, shepherd?": environmental ethics and the good life in Renaissance pastoral
Rethinking dominion: pastoral and the republic of nature
Conclusion: ecocriticism as a version of the pastoral.