%0 Journal Article 
%A Arnold, Ellen F.
%T Fluid identities: poetry and the navigation of mixed ethnicities in Late Antique Gaul
%D 2014
%@ 2171-9594
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10017/20861
%X This paper uses the work of Late Antique (4th-6th century) Latin poets to demonstrate the ways 
that pre-modern sources can be a part of scholarly discussions of the development of environmental 
imaginations and can usefully contribute to the development of the environmental humanities. The three 
poets (Ausonius, Sidonius Apollinaris, and Venantius Fortunatus) have many works that explore and 
describe nature; one theme that emerges is that they closely connected the rivers of Gaul to their concerns 
over political and cultural identity. Rivers, including the Rhone and the Mosel, were intricately woven into 
the daily life and cultural identities of 4th-6th century Gaul, and were both tangible and fluid political 
boundaries. These poems use rivers to confirm cultural identities, validate the Christian cultural 
experience, and express broader cultural and political concerns about cultural integration and hybridity.

%K Rivers
%K Poetry
%K Late Antiquity
%K Ecocriticism
%K Identity
%K Medieval
%K Ríos
%K Poesía
%K Antigüedad tardía
%K Ecocrítica
%K Identidad
%K Literatura
%K Literature
%K Medio ambiente
%K Environmental science
%~ Biblioteca Universidad de Alcala