{"product_id":"a-landscape-of-words-ireland-britain-and-the-poetics-of-space-700-1250-9781526141101","title":"A Landscape of Words: Ireland, Britain and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiving on an island at the edge of the known world, the medieval Irish were in a unique position to examine the spaces of the North Atlantic region and contemplate how geography can shape a people. This book is the first full-length study of medieval Irish topographical writing. It situates the theories and poetics of Irish place – developed over six centuries in response to a variety of political, cultural, religious and economic changes – in the bigger theoretical picture of studies of space, landscape, environmental writing and postcolonial identity construction. Presenting focused studies of important literary texts by authors from Ireland and Britain, it shows how these discourses influenced European conceptions of place and identity, as well as understandings of how to write the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Through its engagement with interdisciplinary discussions about space and identity as well\u003cbr\u003eas its attention to the needs of nonspecialists, \u003ci\u003eA landscape of words\u003c\/i\u003e should find a broad reader-\u003cbr\u003eship among scholars and students of medieval literature.'\u003cbr\u003eAisling Byrne, \u003ci\u003eSpeculum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e   1 Holy islands: transformative landscapes and the origins of an Irish spatial poetics \u003cbr\u003e2 Place-making heroes and the storying of Ireland’s vernacular landscape \u003cbr\u003e3 A versified Ireland: the \u003ci\u003eDindshenchas Érenn\u003c\/i\u003e and a national poetics of space \u003cbr\u003e   4 National pilgrims: travelling a sanctified landscape with Saint Patrick \u003cbr\u003e5 English topographies of Ireland’s conquest and conversion \u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041002750295,"sku":"9781526141101","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526141101.jpg?v=1750948565","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-landscape-of-words-ireland-britain-and-the-poetics-of-space-700-1250-9781526141101","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}