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THE ISLAND GARDEN: ENGLAND'S LANGUAGE OF NATION FROM GILDAS TO MARVELL

by Lynn Staley

Published by University Of Notre Dame Press. 1st. 2012

Slightly better than very good condition. Reformations: Medieval and Early Modern series. Pictorial cardwraps. A few colour & b/w photos. x and 245 pages including index.

Corners of covers lightly rubbed, covers lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

ISBN: 9780268041403
Stock no. 1830082

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Contents

  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction: The Language of Place
  • Chapter One
  • Writing in the Shadow of Bede: England, the Island Garden
  • Chapter Two
  • The Island Garden and the Anxieties of Enclosure
  • Chapter Three
  • The Fourteenth Century and Place
  • Chapter Four
  • Susanna and Her Garden
  • Conclusion: Island Discourse
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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