Darkness, Depression, and Descent in Anglo-Saxon England /

Darkness, Depression, and Descent in Anglo-Saxon England / / ed. by Ruth Wehlau.

This collection of essays examines the motifs of darkness, depression, and descent in both literal and figurative manifestations within a variety of Anglo-Saxon texts, including the Old English Consolation of Philosophy, Beowulf, Guthlac, The Junius Manuscript, The Wonders of the East, and The Battl...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2019
MitwirkendeR:
Anlezark, Daniel,
Borysławski, Rafał,
Clark, Amy W.,
Kears, Carl,
Knight, Gwendolyne,
Michelet, Fabienne L.,
Missuno, Filip,
Momma, Haruko,
Morey, James H.,
Roby, Matthew,
Rozano-García, Francisco J.,
Scribner, Matthew,
Wehlau, Ruth,
HerausgeberIn:
Wehlau, Ruth,
Place / Publishing House:Kalamazoo, MI : : Medieval Institute Publications, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Richard Rawlinson Center Series for Anglo-Saxon Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (308 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Darkness in the Universe, Darkness in the Mind in Anglo-Saxon Literature
  • Part 1: Darkness
  • Chapter 1. Sweart as Sin: Color Connotation and Morality in Anglo-Saxon England
  • Chapter 2. “The Night is Dark and Full of Terrors”: Darkness, Terror, and Perception in Anglo-Saxon England
  • Chapter 3.The Sinister Sound of Shadows in the Old English Poetics of the Dark
  • Chapter 4. Into the Darkness First: Neoplatonism and Neurosis in Old English Wisdom Poetry
  • Chapter 5. Signs, Interpretation, and Exclusion in Beowulf
  • Part 2: Depression
  • Chapter 6. Beowulf’s Dark Thoughts: Heremod, Hrethel, and Exempla of the Mind
  • Chapter 7. The Fourth Fate of Men: Heremod’s Darkened Mind
  • Chapter 8. Eating People and Feeling Sorry: Cannibalism, Contrition, and the Didactic Donestre in the Old English Wonders of the East and Latin Mirabilia
  • Part 3: Descent
  • Chapter 9. Darkness and Light in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Junius 11
  • Chapter 10. Darkness Edible: Soul, Body, and Worms in Early Medieval English Devotional Literature
  • Chapter 11. “Stand Firm”: The Descent to Hell in Felix’s Life of Saint Guthlac
  • Chapter 12. The Heart of Darkness: Descent, Landscape, and Mental Projection in Christ and Satan and The Wife’s Lament
  • Notes on Contributors

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