Representations of the natural world in Old English poetry

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Label

Representations of the natural world in Old English poetry

Statement of responsibility

Jennifer Neville

Creator

• Neville, Jennifer, 1968-

Subject

• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• English poetry -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism
• Nature in literature

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

This book examines descriptions of the natural world in a wide range of Old English poetry. Jennifer Neville describes the physical conditions experienced by the Anglo-Saxons - the animals, diseases, landscapes, seas and weather with which they had to contend. She argues that poetic descriptions of these elements were not a reflection of the existing physical conditions but a literary device used by Anglo-Saxons to define more important issues: the state of humanity, the creation and maintenance of society, the power of individuals, the relationship between God and creation, and the power of writing to control information

Member of

• Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England, v. 27

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

829/.1

Index

index present

LC call number

PR217

LC item number

.N49 1999

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England

Series volume

27