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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795744403321

Autore

Preston Todd

Titolo

A Handbook of Animals in Old English Texts / / Todd Preston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leeds, England : , : Arc Humanities Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

9781802700299

9781641893107

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 pages)

Collana

Arc Reference Series

Disciplina

809.93362

Soggetti

Animals in literature

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- ANIMAL ENTRIES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF OLD ENGLISH HEADWORDS

Sommario/riassunto

A Handbook of Animals in Old English Texts is the definitive handbook for students, scholars, and observers of the non-human in early medieval England. In this interdisciplinary compendium to the animal inhabitants of medieval Britain, Preston documents each creature mentioned in the Old English literary textual canon and correlates its standard literary interpretation with relevant historical, archaeological, and ecological studies. Beyond its usefulness as a reference work, Preston's text challenges the reader to move beyond a literary analysis of the figural beast to one that leaves space for the actual animal.