Language, sign, and gender in Beowulf / Gillian R. Overing. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Overing, Gillian R., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beowulf.

Semiotics and literature.

Feminism and literature.

English poetry--Old English, approximately 450-1100--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

English poetry.

Epic poetry, English (Old)--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Epic poetry, English (Old).

Semiotics and literature--England--History--To 1500.

Feminism and literature--England--History--To 1500.

Signs and symbols--England--History--To 1500.

Signs and symbols.

Symbolism in literature.

Sex role in literature.

Epic poetry, English (Old)--History and criticism--Theory, etc--To 1500--England.

Semiotics and literature--History--To 1500--England.

Feminism and literature--History--To 1500--England.

Signs and symbols--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 137 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1990.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

1. Language : an overview process:

Textual effects/affects

Metonymy : implications for interpretation

When a Kenning is not a Kenning

Metonymy in action

2. Swords and signs : dynamic semeiosis in Beowulf:

Interlace, text, and sign

Peirce's concept of sign

Words, things, and the space between

The web of signs

The giant sword hilt : a path out of secondness

3. Gender and interpretation in Beowulf:

Voices for paradox

Critical voices

The Helenization of Hildeburh

The voice of Wealhtheow : peace-weaver in a double bind

Modthryth as spectacle and spectator.

Notes:

Bibliography: p. 125-132.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-02962-8