First full-length study of birds and their metamorphoses as treated
in a wide range of medieval poetry, from the Anglo-Saxons to
Chaucer and Gower. Birds featured in many aspects of medieval
people's lives, not least in their poetry. But despite their
familiar presence in literary culture, it is still often assumed
that these representations have little to do with the real natural
world. By attending to the ways in which birds were actually
observed and experienced, this book aims to offer new perspectives
on how and why they were meaningful in five major poems -- The
Seafarer, the Exeter Book Riddles, The Owl and the Nightingale, The
Parliament of Fowls and Confessio Amantis. In a consideration of
sources from Isidore of Seville and Anglo-Saxon place-names to
animal-sound word lists and Bartholomew the Englishman, the author
shows how ornithological truth and knowledge are integral to our
understandings of his chosen poems. Birds, he argues, are relevant
to the medieval mind because their unique properties align them
with important religious and secular themes: seabirds that inspire
the forlorn Anglo-Saxon pilgrim; unnamed species that confound
riddling taxonomies; a belligerent owl who speaks out against
unflattering literary portraits. In these poems, human actions and
perceptions are deeply affected by the remarkable flights and
voices of birds.
General
| Imprint: |
D.S. Brewer
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Nature and Environment in the Middle Ages |
| Release date: |
March 2021 |
| First published: |
2021 |
| Authors: |
Michael J. Warren
(Royalty Account)
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
269 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-84384-591-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-84384-591-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781843845911 |
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