Jennifer Neville

Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book reveals how Anglo-Saxons viewed and defined themselves through the descriptions of nature in their poetry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9780521640367
• ISBN-10: 0521640369
• Artikelnr.: 35455791

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction: defining the natural world
2. Defining and confining humanity
3. Constructing society: outside and inside, powerlessness and control
4. Standing outside, standing out: defining the individual
5. Representing God: power in and against nature
6. Enclosing the natural world, knowledge and writing
7. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.