Binding in Nature

• Published in: Weaving Words and Binding Bodies pp. 95 - 119
• Main Author: Cavell, Megan
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Toronto University of Toronto Press 07.04.2016
• Subjects: Arts; Atmospheric sciences; Bodies of water; Correctional institutions; Correctional system; Criminal justice; Criminal law; Earth sciences; Environmental sciences; Environmental studies; Freezing; Frost; Geography; Geomorphology; Hydrology; Ice; Law; Literary genres; Literature; Melting; Meteorological phenomena; Meteorology; Nature; Nonequilibrium thermodynamics; Oceans; Phase transformations; Physical sciences; Physics; Poetry; Prisons; Religious poetry; Storms; Thermodynamics; Water; Weather

Anglo-Saxon conceptions of the natural world were to a great extent characterized by all that was alien to humanity, and, because of this, depictions of nature commonly demonstrate fear and defensiveness.¹ From literary references to the natural world, Jennifer Neville concludes that “the Anglo-Saxo...