Traditional subjectivities the Old English poetics of mentality /

Mize, Britt.

Traditional subjectivities the Old English poetics of mentality / Britt Mize. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2013. (Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2013). - 1 online resource (viii, 294 pages). - Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 12 .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction. The Variety and Extent of Emphasis on Mentality in Old English Poetry ; The Priority of Subjectivity over Subject in Old English Poetic Tradition ; Preliminaries to Further Analysis -- 1 The Poetics of Mentality. Genesis A's Relationship to Latin Learning and to Scripture ; Traditionalizing Scripture: Genesis A's Poetics of Mentality -- 2 Traditional Diction, Emergent Subjectivities Interpreting Traditional Diction. What We Can Learn from Genesis B ; Genesis B and the Making of Old English Verse -- 3 Traditional Subjectivities in the Political World. The Nature and Relationship of the Two Texts of the Boethius ; Metre 1's Traditional Poetics of Mentality ; Traditionalism and Interpretation -- Conclusions.



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English poetry--History and criticism.--Old English, ca. 450-1100
Folk poetry, English (Old)--History and criticism.
Oral tradition--History--England--To 1500.
Subjectivity in literature.
Emotions in literature.
Characters in literature.


Electronic Books.

PR203 / .T733 2013