03225nam 2200649 a 450 991078498400332120230828213107.01-383-04326-41-280-87009-50-19-151599-X1-4294-6982-X(CKB)1000000000408460(EBL)431123(OCoLC)609831937(SSID)ssj0000132045(PQKBManifestationID)11134989(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000132045(PQKBWorkID)10028098(PQKB)11255228(Au-PeEL)EBL431123(CaPaEBR)ebr10271596(CaONFJC)MIL87009(OCoLC)135372934(MiAaPQ)EBC431123(EXLCZ)99100000000040846020060222d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCreation, migration, and conquest[electronic resource] imaginary geography and sense of space in Old English literature /Fabienne L. MicheletOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (314 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-928671-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-291) and index.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.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 Exploring spatial representations found in both historical documents and verse, it highlights the links between place, identity, and collective destiny.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 shapes perceptions and representations of geographicalEnglish literatureOld English, ca. 450-1100History and criticismGeography in literaturePlace (Philosophy) in literatureCivilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literatureEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.Geography in literature.Place (Philosophy) in literature.Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature.820.9/00118.05bclMichelet Fabienne L1499518MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784984003321Creation, migration, and conquest3725617UNINA