Reading Old English biblical poetry the book and the poem in Junius 11

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Reading Junius 11 -- 1 The Thrice-Told Tale -- 2 Seeing and Believing in Daniel and Genesis B -- 3 Boceras and Exodus -- 4 Wisdom Literature at the Back of the Book -- 5 The Book in the Library -- Afterword: Closing the Book -- Bibliography...

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1. Verfasser: Ericksen, Janet Schrunk (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Toronto, Buffalo, London University of Toronto Press 2021
Schriftenreihe:Toronto Anglo-Saxon series 31
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Zusammenfassung:Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Reading Junius 11 -- 1 The Thrice-Told Tale -- 2 Seeing and Believing in Daniel and Genesis B -- 3 Boceras and Exodus -- 4 Wisdom Literature at the Back of the Book -- 5 The Book in the Library -- Afterword: Closing the Book -- Bibliography -- Index of Manuscripts -- General Index
Reading Old English Biblical Poetry considers the Junius 11 manuscript, the only surviving illustrated book of Old English poetry, in terms of its earliest readers and their multiple strategies of reading and makingmeaning. Junius 11 begins with the Creation story and ends with the final vanquishing of Satan by Jesus. The study is framed by particular attention to the materiality of the manuscript and how that might have informed its early reception, and it broadens considerations of reading beyond those of the manuscript’s compiler and possible patron. As a book, Junius 11 reflects a rich and varied culture of reading that existed in and beyond houses of God in England in the tenth and eleventh centuries, and it points to readers who had enough experience to select and find wisdom, narrative pleasure, and a diversity of other things within this orany book’s contents
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 193 - 208
Beschreibung:x, 222 Seiten
ISBN:9781487507466
978-1-4875-0746-6