Table of Contents

Introduction
'be sonde, sæwealle neah': Locating Non-Human Subjects in an Anthropocentric World
'earfoða dæl': The Groan of Travail in the Ox-Riddles
'wrætlic weorc smiþa': Inverting the Colophon in Riddle 26
'deope gedolgod': Wounding and Shaping in Riddles 53 and 73
'fruman agette / eall of earde': The Principle of Accountability in Riddle 83
'mægene binumen': The Failure of Human Mastery in the Wine and Mead Riddles
'swa ne wenaþ men': The Limits of Wisdom in Riddle 84 and the Storm Riddles
Conclusion
Bibliography

Reviews

In these analyses combining eco-criticism and eco-theology, Dale makes an original and exciting new contribution to the field.
*PARERGON*

Refreshing and original.
*MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW*

A pioneering contribution that is worth taking into account. . . . [It] deserves a prominent place in the library of any scholar intending to do research on these texts.
*MODERN PHILOLOGY*

Dale's ecocentric readings provide much food for thought and reveal the critic's discerning attentiveness to the rich and paradoxical qualities of the Old English poems themselves.
*SPECULUM*

Makes a strong case for the place of 'green studies' in Old English literature.
*TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT*