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In Solitude, for Company
The third volume of Auden Studeis presents Auden in maturity, and includes a large amount of previously unpublished prose by him. The book concentrates on the relatively unexplored area of Auden's post-1940 writings, and the letters, essay, and lectures printed here demonstrate the Goethean scope of his intellect, which ranged easily from psychoanalysis to theology, archaeology to politics. In Solitude, for Company contains two hitherto unpublished and little-known lectures. The first of these, introduced by Nicholas Jenkins, is on the theme of vocation, delivered during the troubled war years when Auden was examining his own vocation. The second lecture was given near the end of the poet's ...
Thought and Action in Old English Poetry and Prose
Cognitive approaches to early medieval texts have tended to focus on the mind in isolation. By examining the interplay between mental and physical acts deployed in Old English poetry and prose, this study identifies new patterns and offers new perspectives. In these texts, the performance of right or wrong action is not linked to natural inclination dictated by birth; it is the fruit of right or wrong thinking. The mind consciously directed and controlled is open to external influences, both human and diabolical. This struggle to produce right thought and action reflects an emerging democratization of heroism that crosses societal and gender boundaries, becoming intertwined with socio-politi...
Thought and Action in Old English Poetry and Prose
In the burgeoning field of cognitive studies in Anglo-Saxon literature, criticism has tended to focus on the mind in isolation. This book offers a new look at the way authors of Old English poetry and prose explore an intimate relationship between mental and physical acts. In these texts, right or wrong action is not linked to nature, but is the fruit of right or wrong thinking, reflecting an emerging democratization of heroism that crosses societal and gender boundaries and in the case of The Battle of Maldon becomes intertwined with socio-political and cultural meaning. Movement, both physical and mental, is opposed to stasis and can be influenced by external - human and diabolical - forces. Through close reading and cross-genre comparisons, Ponirakis demonstrates how Anglo-Saxon poets manipulate this interaction to provide a key to interpretation. Comparison across the most influential prose texts reveals a startling similarity of approach which takes the discussion of the Anglo-Saxon conception of the mind and soul, not to mention conventional generic divisions, onto new ground.
Emotional Practice in Old English Literature
An examination of how emotions were practised and performed through Old English texts.Scholarship is increasingly interested in investigating concepts of emotion found in Old English literature. This study takes the next step, arguing that both heroic and religious texts were vehicles for emotional practice - that is, for doing things with emotion. Using case studies from heroic poetry (Beowulf, The Battle of Brunanburh and The Battle of Maldon), religious poetry (Christ I and Christ III) and homilies (selections from the Vercelli Book, Blickling Homilies and the works of Wulfstan), it shows via detailed close readings that texts could be used to act out emotional styles, manage the emotions...
The Battle of Maldon
Depicting one of the defining conflicts of tenth-century England, The Battle of Maldon immortalises the bloody fight that took place along the banks of the tidal river Blackwater in 991, poignantly expressing the lore and language of a determined nation faced with the advance of a ruthless and relentless enemy. But, as Mark Atherton reveals, The Battle of Maldon is more than a heroic tale designed to inspire courage and unity in a time of crisis: rather, it celebrates ideals of loyalty and friendship and commemorates an event which changed the face of English culture. Using Atherton's own vivid and illuminating translations from Old English, The Battle of Maldon: War and Peace in Tenth-Centu...
Zwemmen met zeehonden
Dit boek is een persoonlijk verslag over ingrijpende geestelijke en fysieke ervaringen. Victoria Whitworth zwom tussen de zeehonden, meeuwen en orka's in de koude wateren van Orkney, in het noorden van Schotland, en laat zien hoe dit haar hielp om tegenslag in haar leven te verwerken. Maar het boek biedt ook een schat aan geschiedenis, plaatselijke folklore en archeologische details. We vangen een glimp op van de Picten en Vikingen, volken die verloren zijn gegaan in de geschiedenis. Hun geheimen liggen sinds jaar en dag begraven, maar soms worden die teruggegeven door het land en de zee. Zwemmen met zeehonden is een mix van memoires en mythen. Na het lezen van dit boek wil je zelf in de zee springen om het helende vermogen van ijskoud water te ervaren.
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval British Manuscripts
Explains the methods and knowledge required to understand how, why, and for whom manuscripts were made in medieval Britain.
`Charms', Liturgies, and Secret Rites in Early Medieval England
A re-evaluation of the mysterious "charms" found in Anglo-Saxon literature, arguing for their place in mainstream Christian rites.
Writing the Early Medieval West
This innovative collection re-evaluates the function and significance of the written word in early medieval Europe.
