John D. Niles

The Idea of Anglo-Saxon England 1066-1901 (eBook, ePUB)

Remembering, Forgetting, Deciphering, and Renewing the Past

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Produktbeschreibung

• The Idea of Anglo Saxon England, 1066-1901 presents the first systematic review of the ways in which Anglo-Saxon studies have evolved from their beginnings to the twentieth century
• Tells the story of how the idea of Anglo-Saxon England evolved from the Anglo-Saxons themselves to the Victorians, serving as a myth of origins for the English people, their language, and some of their most cherished institutions
• Combines original research with established scholarship to reveal how current conceptions of English identity might be very different if it were not for the discovery - and invention - of the Anglo-Saxon past
• Reveals how documents dating from the Anglo-Saxon era have greatly influenced modern attitudes toward nationhood, race, religious practice, and constitutional liberties
• Includes more than fifty images of manuscripts, early printed books, paintings, sculptures, and major historians of the era

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118943359
• Artikelnr.: 43589051

Autorenporträt

John D. Niles is Professor Emeritus of Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Professor Emeritus of English at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge. A past president of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, he is the author or editor of a dozen books on Old English literature and related topics, including Beowulf: The Poem and Its Tradition (1983) and Homo Narrans: The Poetics and Anthropology of Oral Literature (1997).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Vignettes vi
Preface and Acknowledgements vii
Abbreviations xiii
List of Figures xv
1 The Impact of the Norman Conquest 1
2 The Discovery of AnglöSaxon England in Tudor Times 49
3 British Antiquaries and the AnglöSaxon Past 77
4 The Founding of a Discipline 1600-1700 109
5 A Period of Consolidation 1700-1800 147
6 The Romantics and the Discovery of Old English Verse 186
7 The Triumph of Philology 220
8 Old English Studies in North America 265
9 AnglöSaxon England and the Empire 302
Afterword 378
Some Landmark Publications 381
Works Cited 395
Index 415