Inscribing the Environment : Ecocritical Approaches to Medieval Spanish Literature

Ecocriticism as a theoretical model has primarily been used in the study of Romantic, post-Romantic, and contemporary literary texts. Applications of the concepts to medieval literature, however, are a fairly recent phenomenon. This book examines key, canonical works from medieval Spain, showing how descriptions of the natural world in these texts are informed by both the authors' perceptions of the environment and established literary models. Cover Title page Copyright page Table of Contents Note Acknowledgment Introduction. Ecocritical Sensibilities and Spanish Medieval Texts Part I - Nature Untamed Chapter One.The Forest of Corpes: Poema de Mio Cid Chapter Two. Desert and Mountains: Vida de Santa Maria Egipciaca, Vida de Santo Domingo de Silos, and Vida de San Millán de la Cogolla Chapter Three. The Sea: Libro de Alexandre and the Cantigas de Santa Maria Part II - Nature Tamed Chapter Four. The Urban Garden: Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea Chapter Five. Fields: Cantigas de Santa Maria, Milagros de Nuestra Señora, Poema de Mio Cid, and Libro de Alexandre Part III: Nature Stylized Chapter Six. Spiritual locus amoenus: Milagros de Nuestra Señora Chapter Seven. Sensual locus amoenus: Razón de amor con los denuestos del agua y el vino Chapter Eight. Idealized Countryside: Laus Hispaniae in Poema de Fernán González and Estoria de España Conclusions Works Cited Illustrations Index Introduction : Ecocritical sensibilities and Spanish medieval texts The Forest of Corpes : Poema de Mio Cid Desert and mountains : Vida de Santa María Egipciaca, Vida de Santo Domingo de Silos, and Vida de San Millán de la Cogolla The sea : Libro de Alexandre and the Cantigas de Santa Maria The urban garden : Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea Fields : Cantigas de Santa Maria, Milagros de Nuestra Señora, Poema de Mio Cid, and Libro de Alexandre Spiritual locus amoenus : Milagros de Nuestra Señora Sensual locus amoenus : Razón de amor con los denuestos del agua y el vino Idealized countryside : Laus Hispaniae in Poema de Fernán González and Estoria de España. Main description: Ecocriticism as a theoretical model primarily has been used in the study of Romantic, post-Romantic, and contemporary literary texts. Applications of the tenents of ecocriticism to medieval literature is a farily recent phenomenon. This book examines key, canonical works from Medieval Spain with an eye to authors' depictions, realistic and symbolic, of their natural surroundings. It shows how descriptions of the natural world in these texts are informed by both the author's perceptions of the environment and established literary models Ecocriticism as a theoretical model has primarily been used in the study of Romantic, post-Romantic, and contemporary literary texts. Applications of the concepts of ecocriticism to medieval literature, however, are a fairly recent phenomenon. This book examines key, canonical works from medieval Spain with an eye to authors' depictions, realistic and symbolic, of their natural surroundings. It shows how descriptions of the natural world in these texts are informed by both the authors' perceptions of the environment and established literary models