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BL
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849244
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| Main Entry
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Cavell, Megan,1985-
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| Title & Author
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Weaving words and binding bodies : : the poetics of human experience in Old English literature /\ Megan Cavell.
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| Publication Statement
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Toronto :: University of Toronto Press,, [2016]
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| Series Statement
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Toronto Anglo-Saxon series
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1 online resource (x, 343 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1442624892
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: 9781442624894
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1442637226
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9781442637221
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Construction and Constriction: Introducing Human Experience in Old English Poetry -- Part I -- Webs and Rings: Experiencing Objects. Chapter 1: The Material Context of Weaving -- Chapter 2: The Woven Mail-Coat -- Chapter 3: The Material Context of Structural Binding -- Part II -- Ties and Chains: Experiencing Bondage. Chapter 4: Binding in Nature -- Chapter 5: Imprisonment and Hell Chapter -- 6: Slavery and Servitude -- Part III -- Patterns and Nets: Experiencing the Internal and the Abstract. Chapter 7: The Body and Mind -- Chapter 8: Language and Knowledge -- Chapter 9: Creation, Magic and Fate -- Chapter 10: Peace Weaving and Binding: Conclusions on Human Experience and World View.
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| Abstract
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Weaving Words and Binding Bodies presents the first comprehensive study of weaving and binding imagery through intertextual analysis and close readings of Beowulf, riddles, the poetry of Cynewulf, and other key texts.
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English literature-- Old English, ca. 450-1100-- History and criticism.
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Figures of speech in literature.
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Figures de rhétorique dans la littérature.
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Littérature anglaise-- ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais)-- Histoire et critique.
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Tissage dans la littérature.
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Altenglisch
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Bildersprache
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Civilization, Anglo-Saxon.
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English literature-- Old English.
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English literature-- Old English, ca. 450-1100-- History and criticism.
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Figures of speech in literature.
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Figures of speech in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- European-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Literatur
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Weaving in literature.
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Weben
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| Dewey Classification
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829/.09357
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| LC Classification
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PR173.C39 2016eb
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