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The Aesthetics of Nostalgia : Historical Representation in Old English Verse /
Heroic poetry was central to the construction of Anglo-Saxon values, beliefs, and community identity and its subject matter is often analyzed as a window into Anglo-Saxon life. However, these poems are works of art as well as vehicles for ideology. Aesthetics of Nostalgia reads Anglo-Saxon historica...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
[2019]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The Form of History
- 1. Art and History in Old English Heroic Poetry
- 2. In Principio: Origins of the Present in Anglo-Saxon Biblical Verse
- 3. Verse Memorials and the Viking Conflict
- 4. Poetic Memory: The Canonical Verse of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- 5. Transitional Verse in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Changing the Shape of History
- Conclusion: The Past in the Present
- Bibliography
- Index
- TORONTO ANGLO-SAXON SERIES