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Author:

McColley, Diane Kelsey, 1934-

Title:

Poetry and ecology in the age of Milton and Marvell / Diane Kelsey McColley.

Publisher:

Ashgate,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

252 p., 10 p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
Literature and science--Great Britain--History--17th century.
Great Britain--Intellectual life--17th century.
Marvell, Andrew,--1621-1678--Natural history.--Natural history.
Milton, John,--1608-1674--Natural history.--Natural history.
Philosophy of nature in literature.
Ecology in literature.
Nature in literature.
Environmental policy in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-245) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : the state of nature and the problem of language -- Perceiving habitats : Marvell and the language of sensuous reciprocity -- Earth, mining, monotheism, and mountain theology -- Air, water, woods -- Hylozoic poetry : the lives of plants -- Zoic poetry : animals, ornithology, and the ethics of empathy -- Animal ethics and radical justice -- Milton's prophetic epics.

Series:

Literary and scientific cultures of early modernity

ISBN:

9780754660484 (alk. paper)
0754660486 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007003761

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)