Anglo-Saxon styles [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Catherine E. Karkov and George Hardin Brown

• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: viii, 320 p. : ill., maps
• Disciplina: 700/.942/09021
• Soggetto topico: English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Style; Manuscripts, English (Old); Art, Anglo-Saxon; Anglo-Saxons
• Soggetto geografico: England Civilization To 1066
• Altri autori: KarkovCatherine E. <1956-> BrownGeorge Hardin <1931->
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Anglo-Saxon Styles -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Encrypted Visions: Style and Sense in the Anglo-Saxon Minor Arts, A.D. 400-900 by Leslie Webster -- 2. Rethinking the Ruthwell and Bewcastle Monuments: Some Deprecation of Style -- Some Consideration of Form and Ideology by Fred Orton -- 3. Iuxta Morem Romanorum: Stone and Sculpture in Anglo-Saxon England by Jane Hawkes -- 4. Beckwith Revisited: Some Ivory Carvings from Canterbury by Perette E. Michelli -- 5. Style in Late Anglo-Saxon England: Questions of Learning and Intention by Carol Farr -- 6. House Style in the Scriptorium, Scribal Reality, and Scholarly Myth by Michelle P. Brown -- 7. Style and Layout of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts by William Schipper -- 8. What We Talk about When We Talk about Style by Nicholas Howe -- 9. "Either/And" as "Style" in Anglo-Saxon Christian Poetry by Sarah Larratt Keefer -- 10. Eating People Is Wrong: Funny Style in Andreas and its Analogues by Jonathan Wilcox -- 11. Aldhelm's Jewel Tones: Latin Colors through Anglo-Saxon Eyes by Carin Ruff -- 12. The Discreet Charm of the Old English Weak Adjective by Roberta Frank -- 13. Rhythm and Alliteration: Styles of Ælfric's Prose up to the Lives of Saints by Haruko Momma -- 14. Both Style and Substance: The Case for Cynewulf by Andy Orchard -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: Considers the definitions and implications of style in Anglo-Saxon art and literature.
• Titolo autorizzato: Anglo-Saxon styles
• ISBN: 0-7914-8614-1; 1-4175-3839-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816880903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II