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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798119303321

Autore

Cavell Megan

Titolo

Weaving Words and Binding Bodies : The Poetics of Human Experience in Old English Literature / / Megan Cavell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]

©2016

ISBN

1-4426-2490-6

1-4426-2489-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series

Disciplina

829/.09357

Soggetti

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

Figures of speech in literature

Critiques litteraires.

Literary criticism

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Construction and Constriction: Introducing Human Experience in Old English Poetry -- Part I -- Webs and Rings: Experiencing Objects. Chapter 1: The Material Context of Weaving -- Chapter 2: The Woven Mail-Coat -- Chapter 3: The Material Context of Structural Binding -- Part II -- Ties and Chains: Experiencing Bondage. Chapter 4: Binding in Nature -- Chapter 5: Imprisonment and Hell Chapter -- 6: Slavery and Servitude -- Part III -- Patterns and Nets: Experiencing the Internal and the Abstract. Chapter 7: The Body and Mind -- Chapter 8: Language and Knowledge -- Chapter 9: Creation, Magic and Fate -- Chapter 10: Peace Weaving and Binding: Conclusions on Human Experience and World View.

Sommario/riassunto

Weaving Words and Binding Bodies presents the first comprehensive study of weaving and binding imagery through intertextual analysis and close readings of Beowulf, riddles, the poetry of Cynewulf, and other key texts.