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Old English Wisdom Poetry
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Author : Russell Gilbert Poole
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 1998
Old English Wisdom Poetry written by Russell Gilbert Poole and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Literary Criticism categories.
Bibliography and guide to scholarly literature on the genre of Old English wisdom poetry. Wisdom literature played a crucial role in the evolution of traditional societies, contributing to the structure of society and to the acceptance of new ideas within a culture, a function that has become increasingly understood. Old English wisdom literature is the focus of this volume, which offers an bibliography of the scholarly criticism between 1800 and 1990 of a group of largely secular poems comprising the metrical Charms, The Fortunes of Men, The Gifts of Men, Homiletic Fragments I and II, Maxims I and II, The Order of the World, Precepts, the metrical Proverbs, the Riddles of the Exeter Book, the Rune Poem, Solomon and Saturn, and Vainglory. A General Introduction investigates debates between scholars and establishes overall trends; it is followed by the bibliography proper, divided into chapters, each with its own introduction, focusing on a major text or collection of texts, with entries arranged chronologically. Dr RUSSELL POOLEteaches in the School of English and Media Studies at Massey University, New Zealand.
Poems Of Wisdom And Learning In Old English
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Author : T. A. Shippey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Poems Of Wisdom And Learning In Old English written by T. A. Shippey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Didactic poetry, English (Old) categories.
A Store Of Common Sense
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Author : Carolyne Larrington
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
A Store Of Common Sense written by Carolyne Larrington and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Literary Criticism categories.
A Store of Common Sense is the first comparative study in English of Old Icelandic and Old English wisdom poetry. It examines problems of form, unity, and coherence, and how the genre responds to social change, both reflecting and shaping the thinking of the communities which originate it. Carolyne Larrington analyses the differences between the pagan wisdom of Norse, ranging through everyday practical advice, rune magic, and spells, and the Christian, socially oriented ideals of Old English wisdom poetry, strongly rooted in Christian concepts of 'natural' order and hierarchy in God's Creation. Close reading in primary texts, both runic and magical, lays bare the skilful, structural integration of pragmatic, social wisdom with other kinds of knowledge. The book explores the possibility of Christian influence on Norse texts and demonstrates the impact of Christian learning on the ancient pagan genre. The existence of a gnomic 'key' in Norse and English narrative verse is also shown. Far from being platitudinous moralizing, the wisdom poems of the two literatures reveal themselves as comic, ironic, dramatic, and grandiose by turns, exploring a gamut of themes unequal led in any other genre of the period.
The Solomon Complex
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Author : Elaine Tuttle Hansen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
The Solomon Complex written by Elaine Tuttle Hansen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Life Of The Mind In Old English Poetry
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Author : Antonina Harbus
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-11-15
The Life Of The Mind In Old English Poetry written by Antonina Harbus and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
Ideas about the human mind are culturally specific and over time vary in form and prominence. The Life of the Mind in Old English Poetry presents the first extensive exploration of Anglo-Saxon beliefs about the mind and how these views informed Old English poetry. It identifies in this poetry a particular cultural focus on the mental world and formulates a multivalent model of the mind behind it, as the seat of emotions, the site of temptation, the container of knowledge, and a heroic weapon. The Life of the Mind in Old English Poetry treats a wide range of Old English literary genres (in the context of their Latin sources and analogues where applicable) in order to discover how ideas about the mind shape the narrative, didactic, and linguistic design of poetic discourse. Particular attention is paid to the rich and slippery vernacular vocabulary for the mind which suggests a special interest in the subject in Old English poetry. The book argues that Anglo-Saxon poets were acutely conscious of mental functions and perceived the psychological basis not only of the cognitive world, but also of the emotions and of the spiritual life.
Poems Of Wisdom And Learning In Old English
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Author : T. A. Shippey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Poems Of Wisdom And Learning In Old English written by T. A. Shippey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with categories.
The Wisdom Of Poetry
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Author : Larry Dean Benson
language : en
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Release Date : 1982
The Wisdom Of Poetry written by Larry Dean Benson and has been published by Medieval Institute Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Literary Criticism categories.
A collection of wise and witty essays by some of our wisest and wittiest scholars in honor of one of our field's wisest wits.
Speaker And Authority In Old Norse Wisdom Poetry
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Author : Brittany Erin Schorn
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2017-07-10
Speaker And Authority In Old Norse Wisdom Poetry written by Brittany Erin Schorn and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
While there is a long tradition of research into eddic poetry, including the poems classed as wisdom literature, much of this has approached the subject either as a primarily philological commentary or has addressed literary and thematic topics of individual or small groups of poems. This book offers a wide-ranging enquiry into the defining features of Old Norse wisdom, including the representation of wisdom in texts which cross traditional generic boundaries. It builds on recent advances in understanding of pre-Christian religion in Scandinavia, and calls on comparative and supporting work from several different disciplinary backgrounds (including literary theory, other medieval literatures and anthropology). Speaker and Authority interrogates important questions about the concept of knowledge, as well as its role in medieval Scandinavian society and its broader European cultural context.
Maxims In Old English Poetry
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Author : Paul Cavill
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 1999
Maxims In Old English Poetry written by Paul Cavill and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Literary Criticism categories.
A study of maxims - what they are, why and when they are used - based on detailed investigation of issues, texts and formulas.
Companion To Old English Poetry
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Author : Henk Aertsen
language : en
Publisher: Vu University Press
Release Date : 1994
Companion To Old English Poetry written by Henk Aertsen and has been published by Vu University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Christian poetry, English (Old) categories.
This companion contains original essays by scholars in Britain, the United States, Canada and the Netherlands. In addition to general surveys on the nature of old English poetry and its material context, there are detailed discussions and interpretations of individuals poems: ''Beowulf'' in its Germanic and Christian backgrounds, ''The Wanderer'' and ''The Seafarer'' as wisdom poetry, ''The Dream of the Rood'' and the related religious poetry, the shorter heroic poems, the personal lyric, Biblical narrative poetry, saints' lives and riddles and maxims. The purpose in each case is to stimulate a critical engagement by providing a literary approach and some historical context.