Creation, Migration, and Conquest: Imaginary Geography and Sense of Space in Old English LiteratureCreation, Migration, and Conquest: Imaginary Geography and Sense of Space in Old English Literature explores the Anglo-Saxons' spatial imaginaire; tracing its political, literary, and intellectual backgrounds and analysing how this imaginaire shapes perceptions and representations of geographical space. The book elaborates new interpretative paradigms, drawing on the work of continental scholars and literary critics, and on complementing interdisciplinary scholarship of medieval imaginary spaces and their representations. It gathers evidence from both Old English verse and historico-geographical documents, and focuses on the juncture between traditional scientific learning and the symbolic values attributed to space and orientation. Combining close reading with an original theoretical model, Creation, Migration, and Conquest offers innovative interpretations of celebrated texts and highlights the links between place, identity, and collective identity. |
Contents
Creation Narratives and Spatial Control | 37 |
The Centres of Beowulf A Complex Spatial Order | 74 |
Creating a New Centrality | 115 |
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Creation, Migration, and Conquest:Imaginary Geography and Sense of Space in ... Fabienne L. Michelet No preview available - 2006 |
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adventus Saxonum Ælfric Andreas Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Anglo-Saxon England Apostles barrow Bede beorg Beowulf biblical boundaries Britain Britons Cædmon's Hymn centre chapter Christ and Satan Christian conquest creation Cynewulf Cynric Danes depiction Dicuil distance divine Doane dragon's dwelling earth Elene enemies episode Ethelweard Exodus Gautier Dalché Geatish Geats Genesis geographical Germanic tribes Gildas God's Grendel Grendel's Guðlac Guthlac hagiographic hall heaven Hebrews Heorot hero historian holy homeland Hroðgar inhabitants instance invaders island Israelites journey king kingdom land mappa medieval mental map mentions Mermedonia Mesure du Monde Migration and Mythmaking monsters motif narratives notion ofer Ohthere Old English authors Old English Orosius Old English poet Old English Poetry original Oxford passage periphery poem poem's poetic Poetry religious repr Roman Rome saints Saxon says Scyld space spatial imaginaire Studies territorial Thule translation University Press vernacular warriors Widsip Zumthor þæt