Performance in Beowulf and other Old English Poems

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-84384-645-1
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Buch, Englisch, Band 45, 278 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 580 g

Reihe: Anglo-Saxon Studies

An examination of the depiction and representation of performative acts in Old English texts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Breeze, Steven J. A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Realising the Intangible
1 Instruments of the Poet: Exploiting the Old English Lexis
2 Multiformity and the Orality of Associative, Architectonic Poetics
3 Providence and Pleasure: Performance as Symbol
4 Storytelling in Beowulf and Meta-storytelling in Andreas
5 Wisdom and Power: Philosophies of Performance
6 Theme Songs: An English Tradition of Performance?
7 The Lure of the Lyre: Interpretation, Reenactment, and the Corpus
Conclusion: 'Poetic Performance'

Über Autor(innen)

Breeze, Steven J. A.
Steven Breeze completed his PhD at Birkbeck, University of London. He is a tutor of medieval literature in the Humanities and Languages departments at the City Literary Institute, London.