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Reading the River in Shakespeare’s Britain

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In Shakespeare’s Britain rivers were not only a crucial form of travel and important natural resources which sustained communities and provided employment but were also sites to which myths and memories accrued and which could be used to figure religious ideas of cleansing and the waters of life. Pageants were performed on them, legends grew up about their names and led to plays and poems being written about personified river gods and goddesses, and stories were told of historic battles which had been fought on their banks. These essays explore the cultural and literary geography of rivers in the early modern period and the ways in which they shaped the lives and identities of those who lived near them. By charting changes (both manmade and natural) to the way in which rivers ebb and flow the book also reminds us of the urgency of the climate crisis.

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ISBN13:9781399534499
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:296
Thema:
1DDU Verenigd Koninkrijk, Groot-Brittannië
2ACB Engels
3MD 16e eeuw, ca. 1500 tot ca. 1599
5PX-GB-S Gerelateerd aan Shakespeare / Shakesperiaans

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