Water in Medieval Literature: An Ecocritical Reading

by Albrecht Classen

Book Overview

This book uncovers the tremendous importance of water for European medieval literature, focusing on a large number of writers and poets. Water proves to be highly meaningful in religious, literary, and factual narratives insofar as it emerges as a central catalyst to bring about epiphany and epistemological and spiritual illumination.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498539866
• ISBN13: 9781498539869
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"