James Paz

Nonhuman voices in Anglo-Saxon literature and material culture

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the voices of nonhuman things in Anglo-Saxon literature and material culture, making a valuable contribution to 'thing theory'.

Produktdetails

• Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 488g
• ISBN-13: 9781526101105
• ISBN-10: 1526101106
• Artikelnr.: 47882442

Autorenporträt

James Paz is Lecturer in Early Medieval English Literature at the University of Manchester

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: on Anglo-Saxon things 1 Æschere's head, Grendel's mother and
the sword that isn't a sword: unreadable things in Beowulf 2 The
'thingness' of time in the Old English riddles of the Exeter Book and
Aldhelm's Latin enigmata 3 The riddles of the Franks Casket: enigmas,
agency and assemblage 4 Assembling and reshaping Christianity in the Lives
of St Cuthbert and Lindisfarne Gospels 5 The Dream of the Rood and the
Ruthwell monument: fragility, brokenness and failure Afterword: old things
with new things to say Index