Old English literature : a guide to criticism, with selected readings / John D. Niles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niles, John D., author.

Series:

Blackwell guides to criticism.

Blackwell guides to criticism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criticism--History--20th century.

Criticism.

English literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

English literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2016.

Summary:

"Old English Literature is the first book to review the critical reception of the field from 1900 to the present. Moving beyond a focus on individual literary texts, the book presents ample coverage of the different schools, methods, and assumptions that have affected the discipline over the years. It examines notable works and authors from the period, including Beowulf, the Venerable Bede, heroic poems, and devotional literature. It also uses excerpts from ten critical studies to reinforce key perspectives and methods introduced within the text. The book addresses the complex questions of medieval literacy, textuality, and orality, as well as issues of style, gender, genre, and theme. It embraces the interdisciplinary nature of the field with references to historical studies, religious studies, anthropology, art history, and much more. Drawing on over a century's worth of scholarly work, this is an essential guide to the factors that have shaped the modern critical reception of the earliest English literature"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-118-59884-9

1-118-59881-4

1-118-59883-0

OCLC:

943826549