'One of the major strengths of Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry is Neville's ability to convey a consistent account of the Anglo-Saxon Weltanschauung, without systematising, or making overly rigid, this view.' Studia Neophil

• Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: defining the natural world; 2. Defining and confining humanity; 3. Constructing society: outside and inside, powerlessness and control; 4. Standing outside, standing out: defining the individual; 5. Representing God: power in and against nature; 6. Enclosing the natural world, knowledge and writing; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

'One of the major strengths of Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry is Neville's ability to convey a consistent account of the Anglo-Saxon Weltanschauung, without systematising, or making overly rigid, this view.' Studia Neophil

• Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: defining the natural world; 2. Defining and confining humanity; 3. Constructing society: outside and inside, powerlessness and control; 4. Standing outside, standing out: defining the individual; 5. Representing God: power in and against nature; 6. Enclosing the natural world, knowledge and writing; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

'One of the major strengths of Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry is Neville's ability to convey a consistent account of the Anglo-Saxon Weltanschauung, without systematising, or making overly rigid, this view.' Studia Neophil

• Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: defining the natural world; 2. Defining and confining humanity; 3. Constructing society: outside and inside, powerlessness and control; 4. Standing outside, standing out: defining the individual; 5. Representing God: power in and against nature; 6. Enclosing the natural world, knowledge and writing; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.