Creation, migration, and conquest : imaginary geography and sense of space in Old English literature /

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Creation, Migration, and Conquest analyses how the Anglo-Saxons' spatial imaginaire shapes perceptions and representations of geographical space. Exploring spatial representations found in both historical documents and verse, it highlights the links between place, identity, and collective desti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Michelet, Fabienne L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
Temas:
450-1100
English literature > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism.
Geography in literature.
Place (Philosophy) in literature.
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature.
Littérature anglaise > ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Lieu (Philosophie) dans la littérature.
Civilisation anglo-saxonne dans la littérature.
Géographie dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature > Old English.
Oudengels.
Geografie.
Migratie (demografie)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : an outline of the Anglo-Saxons' sense of space
  • Creation
  • Ordering the world : creation narratives and spatial control
  • The centres of Beowulf : a complex spatial order
  • Localization and remapping : creating a new centrality for Anglo-Saxon England
  • Migration
  • Integrating new spaces : saint's lives and missions of conversion
  • Searching for land : scriptural poetry and migration
  • Conquest
  • The descriptiones Britanniae and the adventus Saxonum : narratives strategies for the conquest of Britain.

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