Reading Old English Biblical Poetry
The Book and the Poem in Junius 11
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2020
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-0746-6 (ISBN)
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-0746-6 (ISBN)
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Reading Old English Biblical Poetry proposes new ways of engaging with a well-known text and serves as a fascinating case study for reading in early medieval England.
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 making meaning. 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.
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 making meaning. 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.
Janet Schrunk Ericksen is an associate professor of English and Medieval Studies at the University of Minnesota Morris.
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
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
References
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 27.05.2021 |
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Reihe/Serie | Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series |
Verlagsort | Toronto |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 231 mm |
Gewicht | 460 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4875-0746-1 / 1487507461 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4875-0746-6 / 9781487507466 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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