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A life both public and private : expressions of individuality in Old English poetry /
"The author argues that a singular, Anglo-Saxon sense of self may be found by analyzing their surviving verse. The concept of the individual, with an identity outside of her community, is clearly evident during this period. The view that the individual as we understand it did not really exist u...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction: Towards an Understanding of Identity and the Self: Meaning and Methodology; 1. The Paradigm of Identity in Old English Literature: The Self as a Social Construct; 2. Memory and Identity Formation: A Cognitive Construction of the Self in The Wanderer and The Seafarer; 3. Living Vicariously and Identity Schema: The Multiple Selves of the Anglo-Saxon Scop; 4. A Case for Female Individuality in The Wife's Lament and Wulf and Eadwacer; Conclusion; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index.