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This review of the critical reception of Old English literature from 1900 to the present moves beyond a focus on individual literary texts so as to survey the different schools, methods, and assumptions that have shaped the discipline. * Examines the notable works and authors from the period, including Beowulf, the Venerable Bede, heroic poems, and devotional literature * Reinforces key perspectives with excerpts from ten critical studies * Addresses questions of medieval literacy, textuality, and orality, as well as style, gender, genre, and theme * Embraces the interdisciplinary nature of…mehr
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This review of the critical reception of Old English literature from 1900 to the present moves beyond a focus on individual literary texts so as to survey the different schools, methods, and assumptions that have shaped the discipline. * Examines the notable works and authors from the period, including Beowulf, the Venerable Bede, heroic poems, and devotional literature * Reinforces key perspectives with excerpts from ten critical studies * Addresses questions of medieval literacy, textuality, and orality, as well as style, gender, genre, and theme * Embraces the interdisciplinary nature of the field with reference to historical studies, religious studies, anthropology, art history, and more
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Produktdetails
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- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons / Wiley
- Seitenzahl: 352
- Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2016
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 246mm x 175mm x 23mm
- Gewicht: 680g
- ISBN-13: 9780631220565
- ISBN-10: 0631220569
- Artikelnr.: 43771161
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons / Wiley
- Seitenzahl: 352
- Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2016
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 246mm x 175mm x 23mm
- Gewicht: 680g
- ISBN-13: 9780631220565
- ISBN-10: 0631220569
- Artikelnr.: 43771161
John D. Niles is the Frederic G. Cassidy Professor of Humanities, Emeritus, at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Professor Emeritus of English at the University of California, Berkeley. A former President of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, he is the author or editor of a dozen books on Old English literature and related topics, including The Idea of Anglo-Saxon England 1066--------1901: Remembering, Forgetting, Deciphering, and Renewing the Past (Wiley Blackwell, 2015) and Beowulf: The Poem and Its Tradition (1983).
Preface and Acknowledgements viii Abbreviations xii Part I Main Currents in
Twentieth-Century Criticism 1 1 Old English Studies 1901-1975 3 The Earlier
Twentieth Century 4 Literary Criticism: A Slow Start 8 Two Scholars
Representative of their Eras 10 New Directions after the Second World War
16 Changing Currents in Beowulf Studies 20 Key Works from the Early
Seventies 32 Part II Anglo?-Saxon Lore and Learning 41 2 Literacy and
Latinity 43 Anglo?-Latin Literature: Background or Mainstream? 44 Education
in Two Languages 52 The Student in the Classroom 55 The Venerable Bede 58 A
Selection from the Criticism 62 Excerpt: Joyce Hill, 'Learning Latin in
Anglo?-Saxon England: Traditions, Texts and Techniques, (2003) 64 3
Textuality and Cultural Transformations 76 The Anglo?-Saxon Book: Icon or
Pragmatic Object? 78 Writerly Self?-Reflexivity 81 Reading Old English
Texts in their Manuscript Context 85 Authors and Scribes: The Flux of Texts
88 From Latin to Old English: Translation or Transformation? 92 Source
Studies and the Culture of Translation 96 A Selection from the Criticism
100 Excerpt: M.B. Parkes, 'The Palaeography of the Parker Manuscript of the
Chronicle, Laws, and Sedulius, and Historiography at Winchester in the Late
Ninth and Tenth Centuries' (1976) 101 4 Orality 112 Parry, Lord, and their
Legacy 116 Oral Poetics and Noetics 120 A Selection from the Criticism 126
Selection: Donald K. Fry, 'The Memory of Cædmon' (1981) 127 5 Heroic
Tradition 136 Short Poems on Legendary Themes 139 Brunanburh, Maldon, and
the Critics 142 Beowulf and the Critics 149 Indeterminacy and its
Discontents 167 A Selection from the Criticism 171 Selection: Ernst Leisi,
'Gold and Human Worth in Beowulf ', first published as 'Gold und Manneswert
im Beowulf ' (1952) 173 Part III Other Topics and Approaches 185 6 Style
187 A Selection from the Criticism 192 Selection: J.R. Hall, 'Perspective
and Wordplay in the Old English Rune Poem' (1977) 194 7 Theme 203 A
Selection from the Criticism 207 Selection: Hugh Magennis, 'Images of
Laughter in Old English Poetry, with Particular Reference to the Hleahtor
Wera of The Seafarer' (1992) 209 8 Genre and Gender 222 Genre 223 Gender
227 A Selection from the Criticism 230 Selection: Lisa M.C. Weston,
'Women's Medicine, Women's Magic: The Old English Metrical Childbirth
Charms' (1995) 232 9 Saints' Lives and Christian Devotion 246 A Selection
from the Criticism 254 Selection: Edward B. Irving, Jr, 'Crucifixion
Witnessed, or Dramatic Interaction in The Dream of the Rood ' (1986) 256 10
Ælfric 267 A Selection from the Criticism 274 Excerpt: Malcolm Godden,
'Apocalypse and Invasion in Late Anglo?-Saxon England' (1994) 276 11
Translating, Editing, and Making it New 290 Translating 290 Editing 295
Making it New 297 A Selection from the Criticism 299 Selection: Joshua
Byron Smith, 'Borges and Old English' 301 Afterword 319 Selection
Bibliography 321 Index of Modern Authors Cited 329 General Index 336
Twentieth-Century Criticism 1 1 Old English Studies 1901-1975 3 The Earlier
Twentieth Century 4 Literary Criticism: A Slow Start 8 Two Scholars
Representative of their Eras 10 New Directions after the Second World War
16 Changing Currents in Beowulf Studies 20 Key Works from the Early
Seventies 32 Part II Anglo?-Saxon Lore and Learning 41 2 Literacy and
Latinity 43 Anglo?-Latin Literature: Background or Mainstream? 44 Education
in Two Languages 52 The Student in the Classroom 55 The Venerable Bede 58 A
Selection from the Criticism 62 Excerpt: Joyce Hill, 'Learning Latin in
Anglo?-Saxon England: Traditions, Texts and Techniques, (2003) 64 3
Textuality and Cultural Transformations 76 The Anglo?-Saxon Book: Icon or
Pragmatic Object? 78 Writerly Self?-Reflexivity 81 Reading Old English
Texts in their Manuscript Context 85 Authors and Scribes: The Flux of Texts
88 From Latin to Old English: Translation or Transformation? 92 Source
Studies and the Culture of Translation 96 A Selection from the Criticism
100 Excerpt: M.B. Parkes, 'The Palaeography of the Parker Manuscript of the
Chronicle, Laws, and Sedulius, and Historiography at Winchester in the Late
Ninth and Tenth Centuries' (1976) 101 4 Orality 112 Parry, Lord, and their
Legacy 116 Oral Poetics and Noetics 120 A Selection from the Criticism 126
Selection: Donald K. Fry, 'The Memory of Cædmon' (1981) 127 5 Heroic
Tradition 136 Short Poems on Legendary Themes 139 Brunanburh, Maldon, and
the Critics 142 Beowulf and the Critics 149 Indeterminacy and its
Discontents 167 A Selection from the Criticism 171 Selection: Ernst Leisi,
'Gold and Human Worth in Beowulf ', first published as 'Gold und Manneswert
im Beowulf ' (1952) 173 Part III Other Topics and Approaches 185 6 Style
187 A Selection from the Criticism 192 Selection: J.R. Hall, 'Perspective
and Wordplay in the Old English Rune Poem' (1977) 194 7 Theme 203 A
Selection from the Criticism 207 Selection: Hugh Magennis, 'Images of
Laughter in Old English Poetry, with Particular Reference to the Hleahtor
Wera of The Seafarer' (1992) 209 8 Genre and Gender 222 Genre 223 Gender
227 A Selection from the Criticism 230 Selection: Lisa M.C. Weston,
'Women's Medicine, Women's Magic: The Old English Metrical Childbirth
Charms' (1995) 232 9 Saints' Lives and Christian Devotion 246 A Selection
from the Criticism 254 Selection: Edward B. Irving, Jr, 'Crucifixion
Witnessed, or Dramatic Interaction in The Dream of the Rood ' (1986) 256 10
Ælfric 267 A Selection from the Criticism 274 Excerpt: Malcolm Godden,
'Apocalypse and Invasion in Late Anglo?-Saxon England' (1994) 276 11
Translating, Editing, and Making it New 290 Translating 290 Editing 295
Making it New 297 A Selection from the Criticism 299 Selection: Joshua
Byron Smith, 'Borges and Old English' 301 Afterword 319 Selection
Bibliography 321 Index of Modern Authors Cited 329 General Index 336
Preface and Acknowledgements viii Abbreviations xii Part I Main Currents in
Twentieth-Century Criticism 1 1 Old English Studies 1901-1975 3 The Earlier
Twentieth Century 4 Literary Criticism: A Slow Start 8 Two Scholars
Representative of their Eras 10 New Directions after the Second World War
16 Changing Currents in Beowulf Studies 20 Key Works from the Early
Seventies 32 Part II Anglo?-Saxon Lore and Learning 41 2 Literacy and
Latinity 43 Anglo?-Latin Literature: Background or Mainstream? 44 Education
in Two Languages 52 The Student in the Classroom 55 The Venerable Bede 58 A
Selection from the Criticism 62 Excerpt: Joyce Hill, 'Learning Latin in
Anglo?-Saxon England: Traditions, Texts and Techniques, (2003) 64 3
Textuality and Cultural Transformations 76 The Anglo?-Saxon Book: Icon or
Pragmatic Object? 78 Writerly Self?-Reflexivity 81 Reading Old English
Texts in their Manuscript Context 85 Authors and Scribes: The Flux of Texts
88 From Latin to Old English: Translation or Transformation? 92 Source
Studies and the Culture of Translation 96 A Selection from the Criticism
100 Excerpt: M.B. Parkes, 'The Palaeography of the Parker Manuscript of the
Chronicle, Laws, and Sedulius, and Historiography at Winchester in the Late
Ninth and Tenth Centuries' (1976) 101 4 Orality 112 Parry, Lord, and their
Legacy 116 Oral Poetics and Noetics 120 A Selection from the Criticism 126
Selection: Donald K. Fry, 'The Memory of Cædmon' (1981) 127 5 Heroic
Tradition 136 Short Poems on Legendary Themes 139 Brunanburh, Maldon, and
the Critics 142 Beowulf and the Critics 149 Indeterminacy and its
Discontents 167 A Selection from the Criticism 171 Selection: Ernst Leisi,
'Gold and Human Worth in Beowulf ', first published as 'Gold und Manneswert
im Beowulf ' (1952) 173 Part III Other Topics and Approaches 185 6 Style
187 A Selection from the Criticism 192 Selection: J.R. Hall, 'Perspective
and Wordplay in the Old English Rune Poem' (1977) 194 7 Theme 203 A
Selection from the Criticism 207 Selection: Hugh Magennis, 'Images of
Laughter in Old English Poetry, with Particular Reference to the Hleahtor
Wera of The Seafarer' (1992) 209 8 Genre and Gender 222 Genre 223 Gender
227 A Selection from the Criticism 230 Selection: Lisa M.C. Weston,
'Women's Medicine, Women's Magic: The Old English Metrical Childbirth
Charms' (1995) 232 9 Saints' Lives and Christian Devotion 246 A Selection
from the Criticism 254 Selection: Edward B. Irving, Jr, 'Crucifixion
Witnessed, or Dramatic Interaction in The Dream of the Rood ' (1986) 256 10
Ælfric 267 A Selection from the Criticism 274 Excerpt: Malcolm Godden,
'Apocalypse and Invasion in Late Anglo?-Saxon England' (1994) 276 11
Translating, Editing, and Making it New 290 Translating 290 Editing 295
Making it New 297 A Selection from the Criticism 299 Selection: Joshua
Byron Smith, 'Borges and Old English' 301 Afterword 319 Selection
Bibliography 321 Index of Modern Authors Cited 329 General Index 336
Twentieth-Century Criticism 1 1 Old English Studies 1901-1975 3 The Earlier
Twentieth Century 4 Literary Criticism: A Slow Start 8 Two Scholars
Representative of their Eras 10 New Directions after the Second World War
16 Changing Currents in Beowulf Studies 20 Key Works from the Early
Seventies 32 Part II Anglo?-Saxon Lore and Learning 41 2 Literacy and
Latinity 43 Anglo?-Latin Literature: Background or Mainstream? 44 Education
in Two Languages 52 The Student in the Classroom 55 The Venerable Bede 58 A
Selection from the Criticism 62 Excerpt: Joyce Hill, 'Learning Latin in
Anglo?-Saxon England: Traditions, Texts and Techniques, (2003) 64 3
Textuality and Cultural Transformations 76 The Anglo?-Saxon Book: Icon or
Pragmatic Object? 78 Writerly Self?-Reflexivity 81 Reading Old English
Texts in their Manuscript Context 85 Authors and Scribes: The Flux of Texts
88 From Latin to Old English: Translation or Transformation? 92 Source
Studies and the Culture of Translation 96 A Selection from the Criticism
100 Excerpt: M.B. Parkes, 'The Palaeography of the Parker Manuscript of the
Chronicle, Laws, and Sedulius, and Historiography at Winchester in the Late
Ninth and Tenth Centuries' (1976) 101 4 Orality 112 Parry, Lord, and their
Legacy 116 Oral Poetics and Noetics 120 A Selection from the Criticism 126
Selection: Donald K. Fry, 'The Memory of Cædmon' (1981) 127 5 Heroic
Tradition 136 Short Poems on Legendary Themes 139 Brunanburh, Maldon, and
the Critics 142 Beowulf and the Critics 149 Indeterminacy and its
Discontents 167 A Selection from the Criticism 171 Selection: Ernst Leisi,
'Gold and Human Worth in Beowulf ', first published as 'Gold und Manneswert
im Beowulf ' (1952) 173 Part III Other Topics and Approaches 185 6 Style
187 A Selection from the Criticism 192 Selection: J.R. Hall, 'Perspective
and Wordplay in the Old English Rune Poem' (1977) 194 7 Theme 203 A
Selection from the Criticism 207 Selection: Hugh Magennis, 'Images of
Laughter in Old English Poetry, with Particular Reference to the Hleahtor
Wera of The Seafarer' (1992) 209 8 Genre and Gender 222 Genre 223 Gender
227 A Selection from the Criticism 230 Selection: Lisa M.C. Weston,
'Women's Medicine, Women's Magic: The Old English Metrical Childbirth
Charms' (1995) 232 9 Saints' Lives and Christian Devotion 246 A Selection
from the Criticism 254 Selection: Edward B. Irving, Jr, 'Crucifixion
Witnessed, or Dramatic Interaction in The Dream of the Rood ' (1986) 256 10
Ælfric 267 A Selection from the Criticism 274 Excerpt: Malcolm Godden,
'Apocalypse and Invasion in Late Anglo?-Saxon England' (1994) 276 11
Translating, Editing, and Making it New 290 Translating 290 Editing 295
Making it New 297 A Selection from the Criticism 299 Selection: Joshua
Byron Smith, 'Borges and Old English' 301 Afterword 319 Selection
Bibliography 321 Index of Modern Authors Cited 329 General Index 336