LEADER 03225nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910784984003321 005 20230828213107.0 010 $a1-383-04326-4 010 $a1-280-87009-5 010 $a0-19-151599-X 010 $a1-4294-6982-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000408460 035 $a(EBL)431123 035 $a(OCoLC)609831937 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000132045 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11134989 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000132045 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10028098 035 $a(PQKB)11255228 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL431123 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271596 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL87009 035 $a(OCoLC)135372934 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC431123 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000408460 100 $a20060222d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCreation, migration, and conquest$b[electronic resource] $eimaginary geography and sense of space in Old English literature /$fFabienne L. Michelet 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (314 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-928671-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [275]-291) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aCreation, 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 Exploring spatial representations found in both historical documents and verse, it highlights the links between place, identity, and collective destiny.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 geographical 606 $aEnglish literature$yOld English, ca. 450-1100$xHistory and criticism 606 $aGeography in literature 606 $aPlace (Philosophy) in literature 606 $aCivilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aGeography in literature. 615 0$aPlace (Philosophy) in literature. 615 0$aCivilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature. 676 $a820.9/001 686 $a18.05$2bcl 700 $aMichelet$b Fabienne L$01499518 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784984003321 996 $aCreation, migration, and conquest$93725617 997 $aUNINA