Darkness, Depression, and Descent in Anglo-Saxon England /

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This collection of essays examines the motifs of darkness, depression, and descent in both literal and figurative manifestations within a variety of Anglo-Saxon texts, including the Old English Consolation of Philosophy, Beowulf, Guthlac, The Junius Manuscript, The Wonders of the East, and The Battl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wehlau, Ruth (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Colección:Richard Rawlinson Center Series for Anglo-Saxon Studies.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Light and darkness in literature.
English literature > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : darkness in the universe, darkness in the mind in Anglo-Saxon literature / Ruth Wehlau and Fabienne L. Michelet
  • part 1. Darkness. Sweart as sin : color connotation and morality in Anglo-Saxon England / Amy W. Clark
  • "The night is dark and full of terrors" : darkness, terror, and perception in Anglo-Saxon England / Gwendolyne Knight
  • The sinister sound of shadows in the Old English poetics of the dark / Filip Missuno
  • Into the darkness first : neoplatonism and neurosis in Old English wisdom poetry / Rafał Borysławski
  • Signs, interpretation, and exclusion in Beowulf / Matthew Scribner
  • part 2. Depression. Beowulf 's dark thoughts : Heremod, Hrethel, and exempla of the mind / Ruth Wehlau
  • The fourth fate of men : Heremod's darkened mind / James H. Morey
  • Eating people and feeling sorry : cannibalism, contrition, and the didactic donestre in the Old English Wonders of the East and Latin Mirabilia / Matthew Roby
  • part 3. Descent. Darkness and light in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Junius 11 / Carl Kears
  • Darkness edible : soul, body, and worms in early Medieval English devotional literature / Haruko Momma
  • "Stand firm" : the descent to Hell in Felix's Life of Saint Guthlac / Daniel Anlezark
  • The heart of darkness : descent, landscape, and mental projection in Christ and Satan and The wife's lament / Francisco J. Rozano-García.

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