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Waste and the wasters : poetry and ecosystemic thought in medieval England
Title
Waste and the wasters : poetry and ecosystemic thought in medieval England / Eleanor Johnson.
ISBN
9780226830186 (electronic bk.)
0226830187 (electronic bk.)
9780226830162
0226830160
9780226830179
0226830179
Publication
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2023.
Physical Description
1 online resource (224 pages.)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Variant and related titles
De Gruyter University Press eBook 2023.
Other formats
Original
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 04, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
Thinking and Talking Ecosystemically
The Five Disasters Facing Medieval Ecosystems
The Laws of Waste: The Bible and the Common Law
Waste in Sermons and Penitential Manuals: The Unjust Steward
Winner and Waster: The Imperilment of the Land
Wasters and Workers in Piers Plowman: Famine and Food Insecurity
Chaucer's Yeoman's Wasting Body: Pollution and Contagion
The Wasted Lands of the Green Knight, and the Wasting of Camelot: Climate Change, Climate Revenge
Gardens, Bees, and Wastours: Political Waste and the Fantasy of Sustainability
Aftermath: From Wasting to Waste Matter.
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Walter de Gruyter & Co. University of Chicago Press Complete 2023.
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