Structuring spaces: oral poetics and architecture in early medieval England
Toward an architectural oral poetics. Oral tradition and vernacular architecture -- From structure to meaning in Old English verse -- Architectural landscape of Old English verse. Role of architecture in verse translations -- Architectural metaphor and metonymy -- (Re)constructions of memory -- Post...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Notre Dame, Ind.
Univesity of Notre Dame Press
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Garner, Lori Ann, Structuring Spaces: Oral Poetics and Architecture in Early Medieval England] (2012) (Wells, Emma J.)
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| Series/Journal: | Poetics of orality and literacy
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old English language
/ Epic poetry
/ Architecture (Motif)
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| Further subjects: | B
English poetry Middle English, 1100-1500
History and criticism
B Architecture in literature B Architecture and literature B English poetry Middle English, 1100-1500 History and criticism |
| Summary: | Toward an architectural oral poetics. Oral tradition and vernacular architecture -- From structure to meaning in Old English verse -- Architectural landscape of Old English verse. Role of architecture in verse translations -- Architectural metaphor and metonymy -- (Re)constructions of memory -- Post-conquest developments and continuations. Architectural and poetic transitions -- Poetics of built space in Middle English narrative verse -- Afterword: modern encounters with Anglo-Saxon spaces |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XVI, 367, 32 S., Ill., 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-0-268-02980-7 0-268-02980-6 978-0-268-20695-6 |
