Reading Old English Biblical poetry : the book and the poem in Junius 11 / Janet Schrunk Ericksen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ericksen, Janet Schrunk, 1964- author.

Series:

Toronto Anglo-Saxon series.

Toronto Anglo-Saxon series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caedmon manuscript.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Reading Old English Biblical Poetry considers the Junius 11 manuscript, the only surviving illustrated book of Old English poetry, in terms of its earliest readers and their multiple strategies of reading and making meaning. Junius 11 begins with the creation story and ends with the final vanquishing of Satan by Jesus. The study is framed by particular attention to the materiality of the manuscript and how that might have informed its early reception, and it broadens considerations of reading beyond those of the manuscript's compiler and possible patron. As a book, Junius 11 reflects a rich and varied culture of reading that existed in and beyond houses of God in England in the tenth and eleventh centuries, and it points to readers who had enough experience to select and find wisdom, narrative pleasure, and a diversity of other things within this or any book's contents."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: Reading Junius 11

1 The Thrice-Told Tale

2 Seeing and Believing in Daniel and Genesis B

3 Boceras and Exodus

4 Wisdom Literature at the Back of the Book

5 The Book in the Library

Afterword: Closing the Book

Bibliography

Index of Manuscripts

General Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4875-3630-5

1-4875-3629-1

OCLC:

1229161433