Weaving Words and Binding Bodies : The Poetics of Human Experience in Old English Literature / Megan Cavell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cavell, Megan, Author.

Series:

Toronto Anglo-Saxon series.

Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English literature.

Figures of speech in literature.

Genre:

Critiques litteraires.

Literary criticism.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Weaving Words and Binding Bodies presents the first comprehensive study of weaving and binding imagery through intertextual analysis and close readings of Beowulf, riddles, the poetry of Cynewulf, and other key texts.

Contents:

Construction and Constriction: Introducing Human Experience in Old English Poetry

Part I

Webs and Rings: Experiencing Objects. Chapter 1: The Material Context of Weaving

Chapter 2: The Woven Mail-Coat

Chapter 3: The Material Context of Structural Binding

Part II

Ties and Chains: Experiencing Bondage. Chapter 4: Binding in Nature

Chapter 5: Imprisonment and Hell Chapter

6: Slavery and Servitude

Part III

Patterns and Nets: Experiencing the Internal and the Abstract. Chapter 7: The Body and Mind

Chapter 8: Language and Knowledge

Chapter 9: Creation, Magic and Fate

Chapter 10: Peace Weaving and Binding: Conclusions on Human Experience and World View.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

9781442624900

1442624906

9781442624894

1442624892

OCLC:

950464786