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The lexical domain of beauty and its metaphors in the Anglo-Saxon formulaic style / Francisco Javier Minaya Gómez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Minaya Gómez, Francisco Javier, author.
- Series:
- Studies in English medieval language and literature ; Bd. 60.
- Studies in English medieval language and literature ; vol 60
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English poetry--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism.
- English poetry.
- English language--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Semantics.
- English language.
- Aesthetics in literature.
- English language--Old English--Semantics.
- English poetry--Old English.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Literary criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 267 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; New York : Peter Lang, [2021]
- Summary:
- "This monograph offers an analysis of the lexical domain of beauty and other additional lexical domains that are figuratively used to refer to beauty, highlighting their central role in the Anglo-Saxon formulaic style. Using different methods from computational and cognitive linguistics, this study is aimed at determining the exact semantic value of these terms, detecting possible patterns of metaphorization and metonymization and identifying strategies behind their usage, ultimately determining how beauty was conceptualised and experienced in early Medieval England and in its literature. This research evidences the importance of this aesthetic idea in the Old English poetry and its aesthetic paradigm and revealing the core associations between beauty and other religious and social ideas"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- From 'beauty' to the experience of beauty. 'Beauty' as an aesthetic idea
- Aesthetic emotions and the experience of beauty
- The Anglo-Saxon mind, senses and aesthetic sensibility. The Anglo-saxon senses, emotions and psychology
- The Anglo-Saxon aesthetic experience
- Anglo-Saxon vernacular verse : some considerations and possible subdivisions
- The lexical domain of beauty and appearance. OE ansȳn
- OE cȳm-
- Adjective OE fæger
- Adverb OE fægere
- OE fægrian
- OE wlite
- OE wlitig
- Beauty is cleanness
- Beauty is colour
- Beauty is uniqueness and excellence
- Beauty is an intricate pattern
- Beauty is light
- Beauty is nobility
- Beauty is aesthetic pleasure.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783631855850
- 3631855850
- OCLC:
- 1264141484
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