| Weaving Words and Binding Bodies: The Poetics of Human Experience in Old English Literature Contributor(s): Cavell, Megan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442637226 ISBN-13: 9781442637221 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $79.80 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 829.093 |
| LCCN: 2016296590 |
| Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" (1.50 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: References to weaving and binding are ubiquitous in Anglo-Saxon literature. Several hundred instances of such imagery occur in the poetic corpus, invoked in connection with objects, people, elemental forces, and complex abstract concepts. Weaving Words and Binding Bodies presents the first comprehensive study of weaving and binding imagery through intertextual analysis and close readings of Beowulf, riddles, the poetry of Cynewulf, and other key texts. Megan Cavell highlights the prominent use of weaving and binding in previously unrecognized formulas, collocations, and type-scenes, shedding light on important tropes such as the lord-retainer bond and the gendered role of peace-weaving in Anglo-Saxon society. Through the analysis of metrical, rhetorical, and linguistic features and canonical and neglected texts in a wide range of genres, Weaving Words and Binding Bodies makes an important contribution to the ongoing study of Anglo-Saxon poetics. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cavell, Megan: - Megan Cavell is a Junior Research Fellow in the Department of English Studies at Durham University. |