Man and Landscape in Old English Literature

Elisa Ramazzina

Man and Landscape in Old English Literature

Elisa Ramazzina

School of Arts, English and Languages

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between man and landscape in Old English literature starting from the assumption that, during the Middle Ages, landscape was not merely a physical space, but it was rather a complex dimension involving religious and moral aspects. Examples from poetic and prose texts will show how the natural world was usually hostile and inhospitable.
Mappae mundi will help determine how the Anglo-Saxons considered themselves in relation to the environment.

Original language	English
Article number	7
Pages (from-to)	63-69
Number of pages	6
Journal	L'analisi linguistica e letteraria
Volume	XXIV
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - Dec 2016

Keywords

Old English
Medieval
Middle Ages
Ecocriticism
landscape
Old English literature
Old English poetry
monsters
wonders
marvels
mappae mundi
world maps

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Arts and Humanities

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