LEADER 03482nam 22006612 450 001 9910778870403321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-107-11601-5 010 $a0-521-03053-6 010 $a1-280-16192-2 010 $a0-511-11720-5 010 $a0-511-14981-6 010 $a0-511-30985-6 010 $a0-511-48337-6 010 $a0-511-05137-9 035 $a(CKB)111004366730678 035 $a(EBL)144694 035 $a(OCoLC)475870842 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000236187 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11218071 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000236187 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10164449 035 $a(PQKB)11016008 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511483370 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC144694 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL144694 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10014859 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL16192 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366730678 100 $a20090224d1999|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRepresentations of the natural world in Old English poetry /$fJennifer Neville$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d1999. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 224 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ;$v27 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-511-00613-6 311 $a0-521-64036-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 207-216) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: defining the natural world -- Defining and confining humanity -- Constructing society: outside and inside, powerlessness and control -- Standing outside, standing out: defining the individual -- Representing God; power in and against nature -- Enclosing the natural world: knowledge and writing -- Conclusion. 330 $aThis book examines descriptions of the natural world in a wide range of Old English poetry. Jennifer Neville describes the physical conditions experienced by the Anglo-Saxons - the animals, diseases, landscapes, seas and weather with which they had to contend. She argues that poetic descriptions of these elements were not a reflection of the existing physical conditions but a literary device used by Anglo-Saxons to define more important issues: the state of humanity, the creation and maintenance of society, the power of individuals, the relationship between God and creation and the power of writing to control information. Examples of contemporary literature in other languages are used to provide a sense of Old English poetry's particular approach, which incorporated elements from Germanic, Christian and classical sources. The result of this approach was not a consistent cosmological scheme but a rather contradictory vision which reveals much about how the Anglo-Saxons viewed themselves. 410 0$aCambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ;$v27. 606 $aEnglish poetry$yOld English, ca. 450-1100$xHistory and criticism 606 $aNature in literature 615 0$aEnglish poetry$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aNature in literature. 676 $a829/.1 700 $aNeville$b Jennifer$f1968-$0573412 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778870403321 996 $aRepresentations of the natural world in Old English poetry$91057632 997 $aUNINA