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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783832803321

Autore

Harris Stephen J. <1966, >

Titolo

Race and ethnicity in Anglo-Saxon literature / / Stephen J. Harris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-135-92436-8

0-415-86510-7

1-135-92437-6

1-280-06227-4

0-203-49799-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Collana

Studies in medieval history and culture ; ; v. 24

Disciplina

829.09355

829/.09355

Soggetti

English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism

Race in literature

Ethnic relations in literature

Germanic peoples in literature

Race relations in literature

Ethnic groups in literature

Ethnicity in literature

Kinship in literature

England Ethnic relations History To 1500

England Race relations History To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Short Titles; Voices of Race; The Election of the Angles; King Alfred's Christendom; Wulf among the Pagans; Woden and Troy; Ethnogenesis and The Battle of Maldon; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

From Bede in the eighth century to Geoffrey of Monmouth in the twelfth, Harris explores the intersections of race and literature before the rise of imagined communities.