Weaving Words and Binding Bodies : The Poetics of Human Experience in Old English Literature / / Megan Cavell

• Autore: Cavell Megan
• Pubblicazione: Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 829/.09357
• Soggetto topico: English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism; Figures of speech in literature
• Soggetto genere / forma: Critiques litteraires.; Literary criticism; Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Construction and Constriction: Introducing Human Experience in Old English Poetry -- Part I -- Webs and Rings: Experiencing Objects. Chapter 1: The Material Context of Weaving -- Chapter 2: The Woven Mail-Coat -- Chapter 3: The Material Context of Structural Binding -- Part II -- Ties and Chains: Experiencing Bondage. Chapter 4: Binding in Nature -- Chapter 5: Imprisonment and Hell Chapter -- 6: Slavery and Servitude -- Part III -- Patterns and Nets: Experiencing the Internal and the Abstract. Chapter 7: The Body and Mind -- Chapter 8: Language and Knowledge -- Chapter 9: Creation, Magic and Fate -- Chapter 10: Peace Weaving and Binding: Conclusions on Human Experience and World View.
• Sommario/riassunto: Weaving Words and Binding Bodies presents the first comprehensive study of weaving and binding imagery through intertextual analysis and close readings of Beowulf, riddles, the poetry of Cynewulf, and other key texts.
• Titolo autorizzato: Weaving Words and Binding Bodies
• ISBN: 1-4426-2490-6; 1-4426-2489-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910798119303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Toronto Anglo-Saxon series.