Representations of the natural world in Old English poetry / Jennifer Neville.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

x, 224 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-216) and index.

Introduction: defining the natural world -- Defining and confining humanity -- Constructing society: outside and inside, powerlessness and control -- Standing outside, standing out: defining the individual -- Representing God; power in and against nature -- Enclosing the natural world: knowledge and writing -- Conclusion.