A handbook of Anglo-Saxon studies /
Reflecting the profound impact of critical theory on the study of the humanities, this collection of original essays examines the texts and artifacts of the Anglo-Saxon period through key theoretical terms such as 'ethnicity' and 'gender'. Explores the interplay between critical...
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| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2012.
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| Series: | Critical Theory Handbooks.
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Table of Contents:
- A Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Studies
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- References
- 1 Borders
- Translating Meaning
- Traces of the Past
- Mark My Words
- Outer Limits
- Crossing into Life
- In Medias Res
- Notes
- References
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources
- 2 Disability
- The Body of Evidence
- Defining Disability: Methods and Approaches
- The Language of Disability
- Disabling Rights
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources
- 3 Gender
- Gender and Militancy.
- Desiring and Denying Communication: Media in The Husband's Message
- Notes
- References
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources
- 10 Postcolonial
- Postcolonial Theory and Anglo-Saxon England
- Notes
- References
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources
- 11 Race and Ethnicity
- Overview
- Race, Language, and Culture
- Literary Criticism and Race
- Note
- References
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources
- 12 Sex and Sexuality
- Notes
- References
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources
- 13 Space and Place
- Space and Romance.
- Observing Literacy: The Grammar of Legibility
- Observing Literacy: The Book as the World
- Notes
- References
- 8 Masculinity
- Approaches to Masculinity in Anglo-Saxon England
- Manufacturing Swords, Making Men
- Possessing Swords, Acquiring Status
- Adorning and Protecting Swords
- Deposition of Swords and the Re-creation of Masculinity
- The Victims of Swords and the Destruction of Masculinity
- Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources
- 9 Media
- What Are Media? Some Definitions Disguised as Maxims.
- The Female Warrior, Past and Present
- Finding the Female Body
- Heroic Bodies in Distress
- The Nature of Militancy
- Notes
- References
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources and select theoretical texts
- 4 Hegemony
- Notes
- References and Further Reading
- Primary source
- Secondary sources
- 5 Historicism
- Notes
- References
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources
- 6 Law and Justice
- What Seems Most Just to You
- The Demands of the Text
- Notes
- References
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources
- 7 Literacy
- The Opposite of Literacy
- From Writing to Literacy.
- The Spaces and Places of Andreas: The Middle World
- The Spaces and Places of Andreas: The Lower World
- The Spaces and Places of Andreas: The Upper World
- Place and the Subject
- Notes
- References
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources
- 14 Time
- Memory and Archive
- Permanence and Individuation
- Movements of Conversion
- Notes
- References
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources
- 15 Violence
- Introduction
- The Disorder/Order Dyad and Sexual Violence
- The Exeter Book Riddles and Sexual Violence
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources.
