Literature and nature in the English Renaissance: an ecocritical anthology

Part I: Cosmologies. Creation and the state of nature

Natural theologies

Part II: The tangled chain. Hierarchy and the human animal

Beasts

Birds

Fish

Insects

Plants

Gems, metals, elements, atoms

Part III: Time and place. Seasons

Country houses

Gardens

Pastoral: pastures, meadows, plains, downs

Georgic: fields, farms

Forests, woods, parks

Heaths, moors

Mountains, hills, vales

Lakes , rivers, oceans

Part IV: Interactions. Animal-baiting ; Hunting, hawking

Fishing

Pet-keeping

Cooking, feasting, fasting, healing

Part V: Environmental problems in early modern England. Population

Encolosure

Deforestation

The draining of the fens

Pollution

Part VI: Disaster and resilience in the Little Ice Age . Extreme weather, disorder, dearth

Decay

Resilience