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UNINA9910784984003321 |
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Autore |
Michelet Fabienne L |
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Titolo |
Creation, migration, and conquest [[electronic resource] ] : imaginary geography and sense of space in Old English literature / / Fabienne L. Michelet |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-383-04326-4 |
1-280-87009-5 |
0-19-151599-X |
1-4294-6982-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (314 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism |
Geography in literature |
Place (Philosophy) in literature |
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-291) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : an outline of the Anglo-Saxons' sense of space -- Creation -- Ordering the world : creation narratives and spatial control -- The centres of Beowulf : a complex spatial order -- Localization and remapping : creating a new centrality for Anglo-Saxon England -- Migration -- Integrating new spaces : saint's lives and missions of conversion -- Searching for land : scriptural poetry and migration -- Conquest -- The descriptiones Britanniae and the adventus Saxonum : narratives strategies for the conquest of Britain. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Creation, Migration, and Conquest analyses how the Anglo-Saxons' spatial imaginaire shapes perceptions and representations of geographical space. Exploring spatial representations found in both historical documents and verse, it highlights the links between place, identity, and collective destiny. - ;Creation, Migration, and Conquest: Imaginary Geography and Sense of Space in Old English Literature explores the Anglo-Saxons' spatial imaginaire; tracing its political, literary, and intellectual backgrounds and analysing how this imaginaire |
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