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Autore: |
Michelet Fabienne L
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Titolo: |
Creation, migration, and conquest : imaginary geography and sense of space in Old English literature / / Fabienne L. Michelet
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Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (314 pages) |
Disciplina: | 820.9/001 |
Soggetto topico: | English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism |
Geography in literature | |
Place (Philosophy) in literature | |
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature | |
Classificazione: | 18.05 |
Note generali: | Formerly CIP. |
Previously issued in print: 2006. | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-291) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Fabienne Michelet analyses how the Anglo-Saxons' spatial imaginaire shaped perceptions and representations of geographical space, both in historical documents and verse. She highlights the links between place, identity and collective destiny. |
Altri titoli varianti: | Creation, migration, & conquest |
Titolo autorizzato: | Creation, migration, and conquest ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-383-04326-4 |
1-280-87009-5 | |
0-19-151599-X | |
1-4294-6982-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910821056903321 |
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