Traditional subjectivities : the Old English poetics of mentality

Traditional subjectivities : the Old English poetics of mentality / Britt Mize.

Mize synthesizes two previously disconnected bodies of theory to advance our understanding of how traditional phraseology makes meaning, as well as illuminate the political and social dimensions of surviving texts, through attention to Old English poets' impulse to explore subjective perspectiv...

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Main Author: Mize, Britt
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2013.
Series:Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 12.
Subjects:
To 1500
English poetry > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism.
Folk poetry, English (Old) > History and criticism.
Oral tradition > England > History > To 1500.
Subjectivity in literature.
Emotions in literature.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Characters and characteristics in literature
Emotions in literature
English poetry > Old English
Folk poetry, English (Old)
Oral tradition
Subjectivity in literature
Altenglisch
Versdichtung
Mentalität
Subjektivität
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. The Variety and Extent of Emphasis on Mentality in Old English Poetry ; The Priority of Subjectivity over Subject in Old English Poetic Tradition ; Preliminaries to Further Analysis
  • 1 The Poetics of Mentality. Genesis A's Relationship to Latin Learning and to Scripture ; Traditionalizing Scripture: Genesis A's Poetics of Mentality
  • 2 Traditional Diction, Emergent Subjectivities Interpreting Traditional Diction. What We Can Learn from Genesis B ; Genesis B and the Making of Old English Verse
  • 3 Traditional Subjectivities in the Political World. The Nature and Relationship of the Two Texts of the Boethius ; Metre 1's Traditional Poetics of Mentality ; Traditionalism and Interpretation
  • Conclusions.

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