Imagining Anglo-Saxon England - Utopia, Heterotopia, Dystopia

A fresh approach to the construction of "Anglo-Saxon England" and its depiction in art and writing.

List of contents

Introduction
A plan for utopia to come
Utopia past and the heterotopia of origins
Utopia/dystopia: humanity and its others in the Beowulf manuscript
Retrotopia: Anglo-Saxonism, Anglo-Saxonists, and the myth of origins
Bibliography

About the author

Catherine E. Karkov

Summary

A fresh approach to the construction of "Anglo-Saxon England" and its depiction in art and writing.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine E Karkov, Catherine E. Karkov
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781783275199
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-519-9
• No. of pages: 282
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 239 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 794 g
• Series: Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture; Boydell Studies in Medieval Ar
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Europa, Kunst, allgemein, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, HISTORY / Medieval, ART / European, Art & Art Instruction