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OverviewThis study examines Exeter riddles, Anglo-Saxon biblical poems (Exodus, Andreas, Judith) and Beowulf in order to uncover the poetics of spolia, an imaginative use of recycled fictional artefacts to create sites of metatextual reflection. Old English poetry famously lacks an explicit ars poetica. This book argues that attention to particularly charged moments within texts — especially those concerned with translation, transformation and the layering of various pasts — yields a previously unrecognised means for theorising Anglo-Saxon poetic creativity. Borrowed objects and the art of poetry works at the intersections of materiality and poetics, balancing insights from thing theory and related approaches with close readings of passages from Old English texts. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Denis Ferhatovic (Assistant Professor)Publisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.232kg ISBN: 9781526179142ISBN 10: 1526179148 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 26 March 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews'Ferhatovic ´demonstrates how productive the turn to material culture can be for understanding early medieval poetry.' Speculum 'Ferhatovic has created a rich tapestry exploring these prominent, unsettling things as they are reflected in the poetry of a culture that knew all too well what plunder meant. His debut monograph provides a sharply argued and unconventional approach to several perplexing and important Old English works, finding a dramatically new angle from which to explore them.' Journal of English and Germanic Philology -- . Author InformationDenis Ferhatovic is Associate Professor of English at Connecticut College, New London -- . Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |