LEADER 02743nam 2200541 450 001 9910795949503321 005 20231204173034.0 010 0 $a1118598830 010 0 $a9781118598832 010 $a9781118598818 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7103852 035 $a(CKB)24989751000041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4415498 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4415498 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11161365 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL898844 035 $a(OCoLC)943826549 035 $a(JP-MeL)3000111943 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7103852 035 $a(OCoLC)1347023404 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924989751000041 100 $a20151228d2016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aOld English literature $ea guide to criticism, with selected readings /$fJohn D. Niles 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aWest Sussex ;$aMalden, MA :$cWiley-Blackwell,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (355 pages) 225 1 $aBlackwell guides to criticism. 225 0 $aTHEi Wiley ebooks. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"Old English Literature is the first book to review the critical reception of the field from 1900 to the present. Moving beyond a focus on individual literary texts, the book presents ample coverage of the different schools, methods, and assumptions that have affected the discipline over the years. It examines notable works and authors from the period, including Beowulf, the Venerable Bede, heroic poems, and devotional literature. It also uses excerpts from ten critical studies to reinforce key perspectives and methods introduced within the text. The book addresses the complex questions of medieval literacy, textuality, and orality, as well as issues of style, gender, genre, and theme. It embraces the interdisciplinary nature of the field with references to historical studies, religious studies, anthropology, art history, and much more. Drawing on over a century's worth of scholarly work, this is an essential guide to the factors that have shaped the modern critical reception of the earliest English literature"-- Provided by publisher. 410 0$aBlackwell guides to criticism. 606 $aCriticism$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aEnglish literature$yOld English, ca. 450-1100$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc 615 0$aCriticism$xHistory 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc. 676 $a829/.09 700 $aNiles$b John D.$0443563 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910795949503321 996 $aOld English Literature$91739106 997 $aUNINA