UID:
edocfu_9959237225902883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
1-4426-2490-6
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1-4426-2489-2
Series Statement:
Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series
Content:
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.
Note:
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.
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Issued also in print.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4426-3722-6
Language:
English
Keywords:
Critiques litteraires.
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Literary criticism.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Literary criticism.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.3138/9781442624894
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