Text and Picture in Anglo-Saxon England - Narrative Strategies in the Junius 11 Manuscript

Informationen zum Autor Professor Catherine E. Karkov has taught at Miami University since 1990 and is an affiliate in both the History and Women's Studies departments. She is editor of The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England: Basic Readings (New York, 1999), and co-editor of numerous books on the art and archaeology of early medieval England and Ireland. Klappentext Studies the interrelationship of text and picture in the only surviving illustrated Anglo-Saxon poetic manuscript. Zusammenfassung A study of the relationship between text and picture in the only surviving illustrated Anglo-Saxon poetic manuscript. It locates the manuscript within the cultural contexts in which it was produced! documenting its transformation by poets! artists! scholars and editors from biblical poetry to a national historical narrative. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: problems and solutions; 2. Structure, style and design; 3. The pictorial narrative of Genesis; 4. Word, sign and reader; 5. The book and the body; 6. The historical narrative; Bibliography; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Catherine E. Karkov
• Con la collaborazione di: Simon Keynes (Editore), Andy Orchard (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.11.2001
• EAN: 9780521800693
• ISBN: 978-0-521-80069-3
• Pagine: 286
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Political
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese