Creation, migration, and conquest [[electronic resource] ] : imaginary geography and sense of space in Old English literature / / Fabienne L. Michelet
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| Autore: |
Michelet Fabienne L
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| Titolo: |
Creation, migration, and conquest [[electronic resource] ] : 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 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (314 p.) |
| 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: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| 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: | 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 Exploring spatial representations found in both historical documents and verse, it highlights the links between place, identity, and collective destiny.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 geographical |
| 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.: | 9910784984003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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