Author: SONYA LOUISE VECK. LUNDBLAD
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 9781527548497
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
This volume compares characteristics of Old English literature to â ~Matter of Englandâ (TM) romances to determine whether key aspects of the poetry of the former continued in these stories on into the Middle English period. First, the book demonstrates the contemplative tone, respect for nature, and communal mindset present via monastic and hagiographic traditions in Old English poetry, before arguing that the midland romances, King Horn and Athelston, also possess these characteristics. Ultimately, it reveals important aspects of the afterlife of Old English literature and culture in England. Some intriguing discoveries are detailed, including unexpected points of contact between the English and Arabs in both the pre- and post-Conquest periods, as shown by the etymology of Saracen diction in King Horn. Furthermore, comparisons with the dreamer in The Dream of the Rood and an examination of the Old English verb â oeÃ3/4encanâ used by the Saracen reveal a complicated characterization, which goes deeper than what may be expected for the stock pagan enemy in Middle English romance. The book also investigates the possibility that, in Athelston, there is a reference to the Viking Guthrum, revealing the complex associations that late medieval English culture might have had with its Viking/Anglo-Saxon past. Finally, while looking at Athelston through the lens of the Anglo-Saxon natural world, this study probes what feels like a very Old English sense of kenotic love (via St. Edmund). This is manifested in the promise of grace at the outset of the romance, one that oversees not only a chain of events leading to King Athelstonâ (TM)s final submission and repentance, but also the unification of disparate cultures and a leveling of hierarchies. These romances seem to imbue the stories with a spiritual component, a â oeconcrete universal, â and signify metonymy similar to the elegiac hopeful longing and the communal in the Old English poetry.
Old Englishness in King Horn and Athelston
Author: SONYA LOUISE VECK. LUNDBLAD
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 9781527548497
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
This volume compares characteristics of Old English literature to â ~Matter of Englandâ (TM) romances to determine whether key aspects of the poetry of the former continued in these stories on into the Middle English period. First, the book demonstrates the contemplative tone, respect for nature, and communal mindset present via monastic and hagiographic traditions in Old English poetry, before arguing that the midland romances, King Horn and Athelston, also possess these characteristics. Ultimately, it reveals important aspects of the afterlife of Old English literature and culture in England. Some intriguing discoveries are detailed, including unexpected points of contact between the English and Arabs in both the pre- and post-Conquest periods, as shown by the etymology of Saracen diction in King Horn. Furthermore, comparisons with the dreamer in The Dream of the Rood and an examination of the Old English verb â oeÃ3/4encanâ used by the Saracen reveal a complicated characterization, which goes deeper than what may be expected for the stock pagan enemy in Middle English romance. The book also investigates the possibility that, in Athelston, there is a reference to the Viking Guthrum, revealing the complex associations that late medieval English culture might have had with its Viking/Anglo-Saxon past. Finally, while looking at Athelston through the lens of the Anglo-Saxon natural world, this study probes what feels like a very Old English sense of kenotic love (via St. Edmund). This is manifested in the promise of grace at the outset of the romance, one that oversees not only a chain of events leading to King Athelstonâ (TM)s final submission and repentance, but also the unification of disparate cultures and a leveling of hierarchies. These romances seem to imbue the stories with a spiritual component, a â oeconcrete universal, â and signify metonymy similar to the elegiac hopeful longing and the communal in the Old English poetry.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 9781527548497
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
This volume compares characteristics of Old English literature to â ~Matter of Englandâ (TM) romances to determine whether key aspects of the poetry of the former continued in these stories on into the Middle English period. First, the book demonstrates the contemplative tone, respect for nature, and communal mindset present via monastic and hagiographic traditions in Old English poetry, before arguing that the midland romances, King Horn and Athelston, also possess these characteristics. Ultimately, it reveals important aspects of the afterlife of Old English literature and culture in England. Some intriguing discoveries are detailed, including unexpected points of contact between the English and Arabs in both the pre- and post-Conquest periods, as shown by the etymology of Saracen diction in King Horn. Furthermore, comparisons with the dreamer in The Dream of the Rood and an examination of the Old English verb â oeÃ3/4encanâ used by the Saracen reveal a complicated characterization, which goes deeper than what may be expected for the stock pagan enemy in Middle English romance. The book also investigates the possibility that, in Athelston, there is a reference to the Viking Guthrum, revealing the complex associations that late medieval English culture might have had with its Viking/Anglo-Saxon past. Finally, while looking at Athelston through the lens of the Anglo-Saxon natural world, this study probes what feels like a very Old English sense of kenotic love (via St. Edmund). This is manifested in the promise of grace at the outset of the romance, one that oversees not only a chain of events leading to King Athelstonâ (TM)s final submission and repentance, but also the unification of disparate cultures and a leveling of hierarchies. These romances seem to imbue the stories with a spiritual component, a â oeconcrete universal, â and signify metonymy similar to the elegiac hopeful longing and the communal in the Old English poetry.
Old Englishness in King Horn and Athelston
Author: Sonya Louise Veck Lundblad
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527549895
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
This volume compares characteristics of Old English literature to ‘Matter of England’ romances to determine whether key aspects of the poetry of the former continued in these stories on into the Middle English period. First, the book demonstrates the contemplative tone, respect for nature, and communal mindset present via monastic and hagiographic traditions in Old English poetry, before arguing that the midland romances, King Horn and Athelston, also possess these characteristics. Ultimately, it reveals important aspects of the afterlife of Old English literature and culture in England. Some intriguing discoveries are detailed, including unexpected points of contact between the English and Arabs in both the pre- and post-Conquest periods, as shown by the etymology of Saracen diction in King Horn. Furthermore, comparisons with the dreamer in The Dream of the Rood and an examination of the Old English verb “þencan” used by the Saracen reveal a complicated characterization, which goes deeper than what may be expected for the stock pagan enemy in Middle English romance. The book also investigates the possibility that, in Athelston, there is a reference to the Viking Guthrum, revealing the complex associations that late medieval English culture might have had with its Viking/Anglo-Saxon past. Finally, while looking at Athelston through the lens of the Anglo-Saxon natural world, this study probes what feels like a very Old English sense of kenotic love (via St. Edmund). This is manifested in the promise of grace at the outset of the romance, one that oversees not only a chain of events leading to King Athelston’s final submission and repentance, but also the unification of disparate cultures and a leveling of hierarchies. These romances seem to imbue the stories with a spiritual component, a “concrete universal,” and signify metonymy similar to the elegiac hopeful longing and the communal in the Old English poetry.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527549895
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
This volume compares characteristics of Old English literature to ‘Matter of England’ romances to determine whether key aspects of the poetry of the former continued in these stories on into the Middle English period. First, the book demonstrates the contemplative tone, respect for nature, and communal mindset present via monastic and hagiographic traditions in Old English poetry, before arguing that the midland romances, King Horn and Athelston, also possess these characteristics. Ultimately, it reveals important aspects of the afterlife of Old English literature and culture in England. Some intriguing discoveries are detailed, including unexpected points of contact between the English and Arabs in both the pre- and post-Conquest periods, as shown by the etymology of Saracen diction in King Horn. Furthermore, comparisons with the dreamer in The Dream of the Rood and an examination of the Old English verb “þencan” used by the Saracen reveal a complicated characterization, which goes deeper than what may be expected for the stock pagan enemy in Middle English romance. The book also investigates the possibility that, in Athelston, there is a reference to the Viking Guthrum, revealing the complex associations that late medieval English culture might have had with its Viking/Anglo-Saxon past. Finally, while looking at Athelston through the lens of the Anglo-Saxon natural world, this study probes what feels like a very Old English sense of kenotic love (via St. Edmund). This is manifested in the promise of grace at the outset of the romance, one that oversees not only a chain of events leading to King Athelston’s final submission and repentance, but also the unification of disparate cultures and a leveling of hierarchies. These romances seem to imbue the stories with a spiritual component, a “concrete universal,” and signify metonymy similar to the elegiac hopeful longing and the communal in the Old English poetry.
Specimens of Early English: From 'Old English homilies' to 'King Horn.' A.D. 1150-A.D. 1300. 1882
Author: Richard Morris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Specimens of Early English: From "Old English homilies" to "King Horn." A.D. 1150-A.D. 1300. 1882
Author: Richard Morris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Specimens of Early English: From 'Old English homilies' to 'King Horn' A.D. 1150-A.D. 1330. 1882
Author: Richard Morris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Specimens of Early English: From 'Old English homilies' to 'King Horn,' A.D. 1150-A.D. 1300
Author: Richard Morris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Specimens of Early English: From 'Old English homilies' to 'King Horn.' A. D. 11502A. D. 1300. 1882
Author: Richard Morris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Specimens of Early English: From "Old English homilies" to "King Horn." A.D. 1150-A.D. 1300
Author: Richard Morris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Specimens of Early English
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Arkose Press
ISBN: 9781344931052
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
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Publisher: Arkose Press
ISBN: 9781344931052
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 674
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.