Traditional subjectivities : the Old English poetics of mentality / Britt Mize.
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TextSeries: Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 12.Publication details: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2013.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 294 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9781442661349
- 1442661348
- English poetry -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism
- Folk poetry, English (Old) -- History and criticism
- Oral tradition -- England -- History -- To 1500
- Subjectivity in literature
- Emotions in literature
- Characters and characteristics in literature
- Poésie anglaise -- ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) -- Histoire et critique
- Poésie populaire anglaise (vieil anglais) -- Histoire et critique
- Tradition orale -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 500
- Subjectivité dans la littérature
- Émotions dans la littérature
- Personnages dans la littérature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Medieval
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Characters and characteristics in literature
- Emotions in literature
- English poetry -- Old English
- Folk poetry, English (Old)
- Oral tradition
- Subjectivity in literature
- England
- Altenglisch
- Versdichtung
- Mentalität
- Subjektivität
- To 1500
- 829/.1009 23
- PR203 .M59 2013eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-282) and index.
Introduction. The Variety and Extent of Emphasis on Mentality in Old English Poetry ; The Priority of Subjectivity over Subject in Old English Poetic Tradition ; Preliminaries to Further Analysis -- 1 The Poetics of Mentality. Genesis A's Relationship to Latin Learning and to Scripture ; Traditionalizing Scripture: Genesis A's Poetics of Mentality -- 2 Traditional Diction, Emergent Subjectivities Interpreting Traditional Diction. What We Can Learn from Genesis B ; Genesis B and the Making of Old English Verse -- 3 Traditional Subjectivities in the Political World. The Nature and Relationship of the Two Texts of the Boethius ; Metre 1's Traditional Poetics of Mentality ; Traditionalism and Interpretation -- Conclusions.
Mize synthesizes two previously disconnected bodies of theory to advance our understanding of how traditional phraseology makes meaning, as well as illuminate the political and social dimensions of surviving texts, through attention to Old English poets' impulse to explore subjective perspectives.
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