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Living through conquest : the politics of early English, 1020-1220 / Elaine Treharne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Treharne, Elaine.
- Series:
- Oxford Textual Perspectives
- Oxford textual perspectives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Middle English, 1100-1500--Usage.
- English language.
- English language--Middle English, 1100-1500--History.
- English language--Political aspects--England--History--To 1500.
- English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--Criticism, Textual.
- English literature.
- Manuscripts, English (Middle)--England.
- Manuscripts, English (Middle).
- Manuscripts, English (Old)--England.
- Manuscripts, English (Old).
- Clergy--England--Language--History--To 1500.
- Clergy.
- Great Britain--Court and courtiers--Language--History--To 1500.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (235 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Oxford Textual Perspectives is a new series of informative and provocative studies focused upon literary texts (conceived of in the broadest sense of that term) and the technologies, cultures and communities that produce, inform, and receive them. It provides fresh interpretations of fundamental works and of the vital and challenging issues emerging in English literary studies. By engaging with the materiality of the literary text, its production, and reception history, andfrequently testing and exploring the boundaries of the notion of text itself, the volumes in the series question familiar
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION: 'Their dialect, proverbs, and songs': The Context of Conquest; 1 'And change may be good or evil': The Process of Conquest; 2 'Some would drink and deny it, and some would pray and atone': The Propaganda of Conquest; 3 'The end of that game is oppression and shame': The Silence of Conquest; 4 'Shame and Wrath had the Saxons': The Trauma of Conquest; 5 'The Saxon is not like us Normans': The Writing of Conquest; 6 'A nice little handful it is': The Remains of Conquest; 7 'This isn't fair dealing': The Unity of Conquest
- 8 'Say "we", "us", and "ours" when you're talking': A Truth of ConquestBibliography; Index of Manuscripts; C; G; H; L; O; R; U; W; Y; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-57701-1
- 9786613889461
- 0-19-164020-4
- OCLC:
- 807255799
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