Dr Alice Jorgensen

Emotional Practice in Old English Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

An examination of how emotions were practised and performed through Old English texts.

Produktdetails

• Anglo-Saxon Studies
• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 164mm x 242mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9781843847052
• ISBN-10: 1843847051
• Artikelnr.: 69645684

Autorenporträt

ALICE JORGENSEN is Assistant Professor in English Literature to 1500 at Trinity College Dublin.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Wanderer and Emotional Practice 1. Participating in a
Heroic Emotional Style: Beowulf 2. Uses of the Heroic Style: The Battle of
Brunanburh and The Battle of Maldon 3. Controlling and Converting Emotion:
The Old English Boethius 4. Relating to the Divine in the Exeter Book:
Christ I and Christ III 5. Performing Fear in Old English Homilies
Conclusion Bibliography Index