Dr Steven J.A. Breeze

Performance in Beowulf and other Old English Poems

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Produktbeschreibung

An examination of the depiction and representation of performative acts in Old English texts.

Produktdetails

• Anglo-Saxon Studies
• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 164mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 580g
• ISBN-13: 9781843846451
• ISBN-10: 1843846454
• Artikelnr.: 63978133

Autorenporträt

Steven Breeze completed his PhD at Birkbeck, University of London. He is a tutor of medieval literature in the Humanities and Languages departments at the City Literary Institute, London.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Realising the Intangible 1 Instruments of the Poet:
Exploiting the Old English Lexis 2 Multiformity and the Orality of
Associative, Architectonic Poetics 3 Providence and Pleasure: Performance
as Symbol 4 Storytelling in Beowulf and Meta-storytelling in Andreas 5
Wisdom and Power: Philosophies of Performance 6 Theme Songs: An English
Tradition of Performance? 7 The Lure of the Lyre: Interpretation,
Reenactment, and the Corpus Conclusion: 'Poetic Performance'