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Weaving Words and Binding Bodies : The Poetics of Human Experience in Old English Literature /

Weaving Words and Binding Bodies presents the first comprehensive study of weaving and binding imagery through intertextual analysis and close readings of Beowulf, riddles, the poetry of Cynewulf, and other key texts.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cavell, Megan, 1985- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Construction and Constriction: Introducing Human Experience in Old English Poetry
  • Part I
  • Webs and Rings: Experiencing Objects. Chapter 1: The Material Context of Weaving
  • Chapter 2: The Woven Mail-Coat
  • Chapter 3: The Material Context of Structural Binding
  • Part II
  • Ties and Chains: Experiencing Bondage. Chapter 4: Binding in Nature
  • Chapter 5: Imprisonment and Hell Chapter
  • 6: Slavery and Servitude
  • Part III
  • Patterns and Nets: Experiencing the Internal and the Abstract. Chapter 7: The Body and Mind
  • Chapter 8: Language and Knowledge
  • Chapter 9: Creation, Magic and Fate
  • Chapter 10: Peace Weaving and Binding: Conclusions on Human Experience and World View.