Images of Community in Old English Poetry Paperback / softback
by Hugh (Queen's University Belfast) Magennis
Part of the Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England series
Paperback / softback
Description
This book explores ideas of community and the relationship of individuals to communities widely evident in Old English poetry.
It pays particular attention to the context in which major poetic manuscripts of the late Anglo-Saxon period were received, a time when concerns about community appear to have been of special urgency.
The book identifies key features of the audience or readership of Old English poetry in this period, and relates the interests of these groups of people to themes reflected in the poetic texts.
Magennis analyses a wide range of poems and examines the imagery on which they draw, concentrating particularly on depictions of hall (including feasting and drinking), stronghold, city and landscape.
In a poetry in which communal structures are typically associated with male ideals of warriorship and fellowship, the position and treatment of women is also shown to merit close consideration.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:23/11/2006
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- ISBN:9780521031844
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:23/11/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521031844
