Ground-Work: English Renaissance Literature and Soil Science

How does soil, as an ecological element, shape culture? With the sixteenth-century shift in England from an agrarian economy to a trade economy, what changes do we see in representations of soil as reflected in the language and stories during that time? This collection brings focused scholarly attention to conceptions of soil in the early modern period, both as a symbol and as a feature of the physical world, aiming to correct faulty assumptions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271092130
• ISBN13: 9780271092133
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"