The Old English Physiologus

The Old English Physiologus
Title The Old English Physiologus PDF eBook
Author Albert Stanburrough Cook
Publisher
Pages 52
Release 1821
Genre Bestiaries
ISBN

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The Old English Physiologus

The Old English Physiologus
Title The Old English Physiologus PDF eBook
Author Albert Stanburrough Cook
Publisher
Pages 52
Release 1821
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN

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Physiologus

Physiologus
Title Physiologus PDF eBook
Author
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 142
Release 2009-10-15
Genre History
ISBN 0226128717

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One of the most popular and widely read books of the Middle Ages, Physiologus contains allegories of beasts, stones, and trees both real and imaginary, infused by their anonymous author with the spirit of Christian moral and mystical teaching. Accompanied by an introduction that explains the origins, history, and literary value of this curious text, this volume also reproduces twenty woodcuts from the 1587 version. Originally composed in the fourth century in Greek, and translated into dozens of versions through the centuries, Physiologus will delight readers with its ancient tales of ant-lions, centaurs, and hedgehogs—and their allegorical significance. “An elegant little book . . . still diverting to look at today. . . . The woodcuts reproduced from the 1587 Rome edition are alone worth the price of the book.”—Raymond A. Sokolov, New York Times Book Review

The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain, 4 Volume Set

The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain, 4 Volume Set
Title The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain, 4 Volume Set PDF eBook
Author Sian Echard
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 2102
Release 2017-08-07
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1118396987

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The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain vereint erstmals wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zu Multilingualität und Interkulturalität im mittelalterlichen Britannien und bietet mehr als 600 fundierte Einträge zu Schlüsselpersonen, Zusammenhängen und Einflüssen in der Literatur vom fünften bis sechzehnten Jahrhundert. - Einzigartiger multilingualer, interkultureller Ansatz und die neuesten wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse. Das gesamte Mittelalter und die Bandbreite literarischer Sprachen werden abgedeckt. - Über 600 fundierte, verständliche Einträge zu Schlüsselpersonen, Texten, kritischen Debatten, Methoden, kulturellen Zusammenhängen sowie verwandte Terminologie. - Repräsentiert die gesamte Literatur der Britischen Inseln, einschließlich Alt- und Mittelenglisch, das frühe Schottland, die Anglonormannen, Nordisch, Latein und Französisch in Britannien, die keltische Literatur in Wales, Irland, Schottland und Cornwall. - Beeindruckende chronologische Darstellung, von der Invasion der Sachsen bis zum 5. Jahrhundert und weiter bis zum Übergang zur frühen Moderne im 16. Jahrhundert. - Beleuchtet die Überbleibsel mittelalterlicher britischer Literatur, darunter auch Manuskripte und frühe Drucke, literarische Stätten und Zusammenhänge in puncto Herstellung, Leistung und Rezeption sowie erzählerische Transformation und intertextuelle Verbindungen in dieser Zeit.

The Old English Physiologus

The Old English Physiologus
Title The Old English Physiologus PDF eBook
Author Ann Squires
Publisher
Pages 137
Release 1988-01-01
Genre Animals
ISBN 9780950598949

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The Icelandic Physiologus

The Icelandic Physiologus
Title The Icelandic Physiologus PDF eBook
Author Halldór Hermannsson
Publisher Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press
Pages 358
Release 1938
Genre Fiction
ISBN

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Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry

Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry
Title Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry PDF eBook
Author Jennifer Neville
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 236
Release 1999-03-13
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 113942596X

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This book examines descriptions of the natural world in a wide range of Old English poetry. Jennifer Neville describes the physical conditions experienced by the Anglo-Saxons - the animals, diseases, landscapes, seas and weather with which they had to contend. She argues that poetic descriptions of these elements were not a reflection of the existing physical conditions but a literary device used by Anglo-Saxons to define more important issues: the state of humanity, the creation and maintenance of society, the power of individuals, the relationship between God and creation and the power of writing to control information. Examples of contemporary literature in other languages are used to provide a sense of Old English poetry's particular approach, which incorporated elements from Germanic, Christian and classical sources. The result of this approach was not a consistent cosmological scheme but a rather contradictory vision which reveals much about how the Anglo-Saxons viewed themselves.