Traditional subjectivities : the Old English poetics of mentality / Britt Mize.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mize, Britt, author.

Series:

Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 12.

Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism.

English poetry.

Folk poetry, English (Old)--History and criticism.

Folk poetry, English (Old).

Oral tradition--England--History--To 1500.

Oral tradition.

Characters and characteristics in literature.

Subjectivity in literature.

Emotions in literature.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mize synthesizes two previously disconnected bodies of theory to advance our understanding of how traditional phraseology makes meaning, as well as illuminate the political and social dimensions of surviving texts, through attention to Old English poets' impulse to explore subjective perspectives.

Contents:

Introduction. The Variety and Extent of Emphasis on Mentality in Old English Poetry ; The Priority of Subjectivity over Subject in Old English Poetic Tradition ; Preliminaries to Further Analysis

1 The Poetics of Mentality. Genesis A's Relationship to Latin Learning and to Scripture ; Traditionalizing Scripture: Genesis A's Poetics of Mentality

2 Traditional Diction, Emergent Subjectivities Interpreting Traditional Diction. What We Can Learn from Genesis B ; Genesis B and the Making of Old English Verse

3 Traditional Subjectivities in the Political World. The Nature and Relationship of the Two Texts of the Boethius ; Metre 1's Traditional Poetics of Mentality ; Traditionalism and Interpretation

Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4426-6134-8

OCLC:

852803496