Aesthetics of Nostalgia - Historical Representation in Old English Verse

Aesthetics of Nostalgia reads Anglo-Saxon historical verse in terms of how its aesthetic form interacted with the culture and politics of the period.

Sommario

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Art and History in Old English Heroic Poetry
2. In Principio: Origin of the Present in Anglo-Saxon Biblical Verse
3. Verse Memorials and the Viking Conquest
4. Poetic Memory: The Canonical Verse of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
5. Transitional Verse in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Changing the Shape of History

Conclusion

Bibliography

Info autore

Renée R. Trilling is an assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Illinois.

Riassunto

Aesthetics of Nostalgia reads Anglo-Saxon historical verse in terms of how its aesthetic form interacted with the culture and politics of the period.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Renee R Trilling, Renee R. Trilling
• Editore: University of Toronto Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781487521530
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-2153-0
• Pagine: 312
• Serie: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series; Toronto Anglo-Saxon; Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series; Toronto Anglo-Saxon
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata