Abstract
Abstract
The conclusion addresses the legacies of trouvère nature imagery in Machaut’s Remede de Fortune, a narrative work into which the composer interpolated his own songs. Machaut’s treatment of the nature opening shows his awareness of the ways in which knightly trouvères used it, but ultimately aligns him with the cleric-trouvères. This poetic continuity contrasts with dramatic changes in the environment, showing how identity projects attitudes into the future. The book closes by exploring echoes of medieval identity in the work of Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac, addressing how these speak to relationships between nature, culture, and change.
Publisher
Oxford University PressNew York