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
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*
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