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The aesthetics of nostalgia : historical representation in Old English verse
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The aesthetics of nostalgia : historical representation in Old English verse / Renée R. Trilling.
ISBN
9780802099716 (acid-free paper)
0802099718
Published
Toronto ; Buffalo, NY : University of Toronto Press, c2009.
Physical Description
xiv, 296 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes some text in Latin and Old English.
Format
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Language
English; English, Old (ca. 450-1100); Latin
Added to Catalog
July 21, 2011
Series
Toronto Anglo-Saxon series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-286) and index.
Contents
Introduction. Form of History
1. Art and History in Old English Heroic Poetry
2. In Principio: Origins of the Present in Anglo-Saxon Biblical Verse
3. Verse Memorials and the Viking Conflict
4. Poetic Memory: The Canonical Verse of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
5. Transitional Verse in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Changing the Shape of History
Conclusion: The Past in the Present.
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