03859nam 2200769 450 991046334600332120200520144314.01-4426-6134-810.3138/9781442661349(CKB)2670000000419667(EBL)3287063(SSID)ssj0000951292(PQKBManifestationID)11529085(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000951292(PQKBWorkID)10884336(PQKB)11605201(MiAaPQ)EBC4669219(CEL)438928(OCoLC)852803496(CaBNVSL)slc00232562(MiAaPQ)EBC3287063(DE-B1597)465268(OCoLC)1013948086(OCoLC)979781138(DE-B1597)9781442661349(Au-PeEL)EBL4669219(CaPaEBR)ebr11255763(OCoLC)958570914(EXLCZ)99267000000041966720160920h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTraditional subjectivities the Old English poetics of mentality /Britt MizeToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2013.©20131 online resource (304 p.)Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ;121-4426-4468-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Poetics of Mentality -- 2. Traditional Diction, Emergent Subjectivities -- 3. Traditional Subjectivities in the Political World -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index -- BackmatterWhy is Old English poetry so preoccupied with mental actions and perspectives, giving readers access to minds of antagonists as freely as to those of protagonists? Why are characters sometimes called into being for no apparent reason other than to embody a psychological state? Britt Mize provides the first systematic investigation into these salient questions in Traditional Subjectivities.Through close analysis of vernacular poems alongside the most informative analogues in Latin, Old English prose, and Old Saxon, this work establishes an evidence-based foundation for new thinking about the nature of Old English poetic composition, including the 'poetics of mentality' that it exhibits. Mize synthesizes two previously disconnected bodies of theory - the oral-traditional theory of poetic composition, and current linguistic work on conventional language - to advance our understanding of how traditional phraseology makes meaning, as well as illuminate the political and social dimensions of surviving texts, through attention to Old English poets' impulse to explore subjective perspectives.Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ;12.English poetryOld English, ca. 450-1100History and criticismFolk poetry, English (Old)History and criticismOral traditionEnglandHistoryTo 1500Characters and characteristics in literatureSubjectivity in literatureEmotions in literatureElectronic books.English poetryHistory and criticism.Folk poetry, English (Old)History and criticism.Oral traditionHistoryCharacters and characteristics in literature.Subjectivity in literature.Emotions in literature.829/.1009Mize Britt968142MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463346003321Traditional subjectivities2198841UNINA