• K. Ramya Kalaivani

The tendency to care for nature is not a novel idea. It has been prevalent from the olden days where some writers unveiled it in their literary texts. Edmund Spenser is one such writer who has depicted their concern towards nature. It is also a kind of portending the present scenario. Percy Bysshe Shelley says, “Away, away, from men and towns, / To the wild wood and the downs,-”. Even though Prothalamion is a wedding song, there are lot of underlying ideas on eco-consciousness in the lines of the poem. Rather than a mere poem of celebration, it is also a poem on awareness to protect and adore nature. By dissecting the events of the poem in to two parts such as the preparation for the wedding amidst nature and the event of wedding, the drastic change in the human attitude can be explored. This proposed paper titled, “Enumerating the Eco-consciousness in Edmund Spenser’s Prothalamion” explores the nuances of preserving the nature seen in this poem and also highlights the loss of such tendency in the domination of humans over nature.

Awareness, Eco-consciousness, Nature, Pollution, Warning

"Enumerating the Eco-consciousness in Edmund Spencer's Prothalamion", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no.205-206, October-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810636.pdf

"Enumerating the Eco-consciousness in Edmund Spencer's Prothalamion", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no. pp205-206, October-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810636.pdf