| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Toronto Anglo-Saxon series
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Toronto Anglo-Saxon series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Construction and Constriction: Introducing Human Experience in Old English Poetry -- Part I -- Webs and Rings: Experiencing Objects. Chapter 1: The Material Context of Weaving -- Chapter 2: The Woven Mail-Coat -- Chapter 3: The Material Context of Structural Binding -- Part II -- Ties and Chains: Experiencing Bondage. Chapter 4: Binding in Nature -- Chapter 5: Imprisonment and Hell Chapter -- 6: Slavery and Servitude -- Part III -- Patterns and Nets: Experiencing the Internal and the Abstract. Chapter 7: The Body and Mind -- Chapter 8: Language and Knowledge -- Chapter 9: Creation, Magic and Fate -- Chapter 10: Peace Weaving and Binding: Conclusions on Human Experience and World View. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism.
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Figures of speech in literature.
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Figures of speech in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
450-1100 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cavell, Megan, 1985- Weaving words and binding bodies. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2016 9781442637221 (OCoLC)932093608 |
| ISBN |
9781442624894 (electronic book) |
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1442624892 (electronic book) |
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9781442637221 |
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1442637226 |
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