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See moreThis review of the critical reception of Old English literature from 1900 to the present moves beyond a focus on individual literary texts so as to survey the different schools, methods, and assumptions that have shaped the discipline.
This review of the critical reception of Old English Literature from 1900 to the present moves beyond a focus on individual literary texts, surveying the different schools, methods, and assumptions that have shaped the discipline.
It examines notable works and authors from the period, including Beowulf, the Venerable Bede, heroic poems, and devotional literature. The discussion reinforces key perspectives with excerpts from ten critical studies.
The book addresses questions of medieval literacy, textuality, and orality, as well as style, gender, genre, and theme. It embraces the interdisciplinary nature of the field by referencing historical studies, religious studies, anthropology, art history, and more.
Series: Blackwell Guides to Criticism
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780631220572
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 May 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 170.0mm
Height: 241.0mm
Weight: 544g
Pages: 352
About the Author
John D. Niles is Professor of Humanities at the University of Winsconsin, Madison. He is a specilist in Old English language and literature and, more generally, the early medieval culture of the British Isles. The author or editor of a dozen books relating to Beowulf and other works of Old English literature, he has also conducted field research into living traditions of oral literature. He is the current President of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists (2010-2012)
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