Rhetorical Transformations of Trees in Medieval England: From Material Culture to Literary Representation
Description:
Literary texts of medieval England feature trees as essential to the individual and communal identity as it intersects with nature, and the compelling qualities and organic processes associated with trees help vernacular writers interrogate the changing nature of this character. The early depiction of trees demonstrates an intimacy with nature that wanes after the tenth-century monastic revival, when the representation of trees as living, physical entities shifts toward their portrayal as alleg…
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Date:
December 2008
Creator:
Grimes, Jodi Elisabeth