Heat of Beowulf

The heat of Beowulf reexamines the aesthetics of the longest surviving Old English poem through the poetics of twentieth-century poets Jack Spicer, arguing that the aesthetics of Beowulf entangle vulnerable human corporeality in the non-human world, rendering perceptible what otherwise remains insensible.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel C. Remein, Daniel C. (Assistant Professor of English) Remein
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781526150585
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-5058-5
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture; Manchester Medieval Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets