Reflecting the profound impact of critical theory on the study of the humanities, this collection of original essays examines the texts and artifacts of the Anglo-Saxon period through key theoretical terms such as "ethnicity" and "gender". - Explores the interplay between critic…
"This collection of new and original essays explores the relationship between contemporary critical theory and the study of Anglo-Saxon England".--Rabat de la jacquette.
A handbook of Anglo-Saxon studies
This collection of new and original essays explores the relationship between contemporary critical theory and the study of Anglo-Saxon England. "Reflecting the profound impact of critical theory on the study of the humanities, this collection of original essays examines the tex…
Reflecting the profound impact of critical theory on the study of the humanities, this collection of original essays examines the texts and artifacts of the Anglo-Saxon period through key theoretical terms such as 'ethnicity' and 'gender'. Explores the interplay between critical…
Anglo-Saxon culture and the modern imagination
by Clark, David, Perkins, Nicholas
fromMedievalism
The Anglo-Saxon world continues to be a source of fascination in modern culture. Its manifestations in a variety of media are here examined.
An excellent collection... breaks new ground in many areas. Should make a substantial impact on the discussion of the contemporary influence of Anglo-Saxon Culture. Conor McCarthy, author of <I>Seamus Heaney and the Medieval Imagination</I><BR><BR> Britain's pre-Conquest past an…
This 1998 book is a clear and accessible account of early Germanic alliterative verse which explains how such verse was treated by the Beowulf poet. There are differences of poetic style between Beowulf and the otherwise similar verse of ancient Scandinavia and continental Europ…