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The Aesthetics of Nostalgia : Historical Representation in Old English Verse / Renee R. Trilling.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trilling, Renee R., author.
- Series:
- Toronto Anglo-Saxon series.
- Toronto Anglo-Saxon series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English poetry--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism.
- English poetry.
- Literature and history--England.
- Literature and history.
- Nostalgia in literature.
- History in literature.
- England.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (312 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Aesthetics of Nostalgia reads Anglo-Saxon historical verse in terms of how its aesthetic form interacted with the culture and politics of the period.
- Contents:
- Introduction. Form of History
- 1. Art and History in Old English Heroic Poetry
- 2. In Principio: Origins of the Present in Anglo-Saxon Biblical Verse
- 3. Verse Memorials and the Viking Conflict
- 4. Poetic Memory: The Canonical Verse of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- 5. Transitional Verse in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Changing the Shape of History
- Conclusion: The Past in the Present.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-286) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jan 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9781487513511
- 1487513518
- 9781442697935
- 1442697938
- OCLC:
- 1083581956
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