Anglo-Saxon styles / edited by Catherine E. Karkov and George Hardin Brown.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Karkov, Catherine E., 1956-

Brown, George Hardin, 1931-

Series:

SUNY series in medieval studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Style.

English language.

Manuscripts, English (Old).

Art, Anglo-Saxon.

Anglo-Saxons.

England--Civilization--To 1066.

England.

Physical Description:

viii, 320 p. : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Considers the definitions and implications of style in Anglo-Saxon art and literature.

Contents:

Intro

Anglo-Saxon Styles

Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Encrypted Visions: Style and Sense in the Anglo-Saxon Minor Arts, A.D. 400-900 by Leslie Webster

2. Rethinking the Ruthwell and Bewcastle Monuments: Some Deprecation of Style

Some Consideration of Form and Ideology by Fred Orton

3. Iuxta Morem Romanorum: Stone and Sculpture in Anglo-Saxon England by Jane Hawkes

4. Beckwith Revisited: Some Ivory Carvings from Canterbury by Perette E. Michelli

5. Style in Late Anglo-Saxon England: Questions of Learning and Intention by Carol Farr

6. House Style in the Scriptorium, Scribal Reality, and Scholarly Myth by Michelle P. Brown

7. Style and Layout of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts by William Schipper

8. What We Talk about When We Talk about Style by Nicholas Howe

9. "Either/And" as "Style" in Anglo-Saxon Christian Poetry by Sarah Larratt Keefer

10. Eating People Is Wrong: Funny Style in Andreas and its Analogues by Jonathan Wilcox

11. Aldhelm's Jewel Tones: Latin Colors through Anglo-Saxon Eyes by Carin Ruff

12. The Discreet Charm of the Old English Weak Adjective by Roberta Frank

13. Rhythm and Alliteration: Styles of Ælfric's Prose up to the Lives of Saints by Haruko Momma

14. Both Style and Substance: The Case for Cynewulf by Andy Orchard

List of Contributors

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

V

W

Y

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7914-8614-1

1-4175-3839-2

OCLC:

56418906