Old English Poetry and Its Legacy

• Daljnji autori: Bjork, Robert E. (Urednik)
• Format: Elektronički Poglavlje knjige
• Jezik: engleski
• Izdano: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Teme: Literature & literary studies; old English poetry; runology; Vercelli Book; Cynewulf; semiotics; Multiliteralism; Old English poetry; Old English riddles; Exeter Book; Riddle 5; shields; cutting boards; prosopopoeia; agency; social critique; humor; Old English literature; reception history; medievalism; riddles; The Husband's Message; Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936); ghost stories; horror genre; supernatural fiction; The Ruin; Old English poetics; Beowulf; animal studies; medieval hunting; monsters; Solomon and Saturn; codicological reading; Incarnational poetics; compilation; monastic poetics; Old English; wisdom; medieval dialogue; Anglo-Saxon culture; medieval Christian tradition; emotions; hagiography; Old English prose; Latin literature; cave; cruel husband; oaths; the word bot; rock-cut buildings; pagan temple site; longing and loneliness; the "imagery of silence"
• Online pristup: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This collection focuses on the legacy of Old English poetry and includes new interpretations of works such as Exeter Book Riddle 5, which provides an enduring legacy of social critique crafted through humor; the three manuscripts that contain the Solomon and Saturn dialogues, which reveal a shift in...