Darkness, Depression, and Descent in Anglo-Saxon England /
This collection of essays examines the motifs of darkness, depression, and descent in both literal and figurative manifestations within a variety of Anglo-Saxon texts, including the Old English Consolation of Philosophy, Beowulf, Guthlac, The Junius Manuscript, The Wonders of the East, and The Battl...
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| Médium: | E-kniha |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Kalamazoo, MI :
Medieval Institute Publications,
2019
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| Edice: | Richard Rawlinson Center Series for Anglo-Saxon Studies
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| ISBN: | 9783110661972 |
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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Darkness in the Universe, Darkness in the Mind in Anglo-Saxon Literature
- Chapter 1. Sweart as Sin: Color Connotation and Morality in Anglo-Saxon England
- Chapter 2. "The Night is Dark and Full of Terrors": Darkness, Terror, and Perception in Anglo-Saxon England
- Chapter 3.The Sinister Sound of Shadows in the Old English Poetics of the Dark
- Chapter 4. Into the Darkness First: Neoplatonism and Neurosis in Old English Wisdom Poetry
- Chapter 5. Signs, Interpretation, and Exclusion in Beowulf
- Chapter 6. Beowulf's Dark Thoughts: Heremod, Hrethel, and Exempla of the Mind
- Chapter 7. The Fourth Fate of Men: Heremod's Darkened Mind
- Chapter 8. Eating People and Feeling Sorry: Cannibalism, Contrition, and the Didactic Donestre in the Old English Wonders of the East and Latin Mirabilia
- Chapter 9. Darkness and Light in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Junius 11
- Chapter 10. Darkness Edible: Soul, Body, and Worms in Early Medieval English Devotional Literature
- Chapter 11. "Stand Firm": The Descent to Hell in Felix's Life of Saint Guthlac
- Chapter 12. The Heart of Darkness: Descent, Landscape, and Mental Projection in Christ and Satan and The Wife's Lament
- Notes on Contributors