Fabienne L. Michelet

Creation, Migration, and Conquest

Imaginary Geography and Sense of Space in Old English Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

Creation, Migration, and Conquest: Imaginary Geography and Sense of Space in Old English Literature explores the Anglo-Saxons' spatial imaginaire; tracing its political, literary, and intellectual backgrounds and analysing how this imaginaire shapes perceptions and representations of geographical space. The book elaborates new interpretative paradigms, drawing on the work of continental scholars and literary critics, and on complementing interdisciplinary
scholarship of medieval imaginary spaces and their representations. It gathers evidence from both Old English verse and historico-geographical documents, and focuses on the juncture between traditional scientific learning and the symbolic values attributed to space and orientation. Combining close reading with an original
theoretical model, Creation, Migration, and Conquest offers innovative interpretations of celebrated texts and highlights the links between place, identity, and collective identity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 145mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 505g
• ISBN-13: 9780199286713
• ISBN-10: 019928671X
• Artikelnr.: 20812859

Autorenporträt

After completing her licence at the University of Geneva, Fabienne Michelet studied at the Vatican Library in Rome, and in Oxford, where she took a Master of Philosophy in 'English Studies until 1100'. She did her doctorate at the University of Geneva, specializing in Old English literature. She is presently teaching medieval English literature both at the University of Geneva and at the University of Lausanne. Her research focuses primarily on Old English literature, exploring questions of space, place and geography.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Introduction: An Outline of the Anglo-Saxons' Sense of Space
* Section I: 'Creation'
* 2: Ordering the World: Creation Narratives and Spatial Control
* 3: The Centres of Beowulf: A Complex Spatial Order
* 4: Localization and Remapping: Creating a New Centrality for
Anglo-Saxon England
* Section II: 'Migration'
* 5: Integrating New Spaces: Saints' Lives and Missions of Conversion
* 6: Searching for Land: Scriptural Poetry and Migration
* Section III: 'Conquest'
* 7: The Descriptiones Britanniae and the Adventus Saxonum: Narrative
Strategies for the Conquest of Britain

Rezensionen

This monograph should prove to be a seminal study of the Anglo-Saxon spatial imaginaire Medium Aevum