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On the aesthetics of Beowulf and other Old English poems / edited by John M. Hill.

Other author/creator	Hill, John M., 1946-
Other author/creator	Canadian Electronic Library (Firm)
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2010 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010)
Description	1 electronic text (vi, 299 pages) : digital file.
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Subject(s)	Beowulf. English poetry--Old English, ca. 450-1100 --History and criticism. Art and literature--England --History --To 1500. Literature--Aesthetics. English poetry--Old English, ca. 450-1100 --Appreciation.

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Series	Toronto Anglo-Saxon series Toronto Anglo-Saxon series. ^A1054684
Contents	On aesthetics and quality : an introduction / John M. Hill -- Poetic exuberance in the Old English Judith / Howell D. Chickering -- Bind and loose : aesthetics and the word in Old English law, charm, and riddle / Tiffany Beechy -- Aesthetic criteria in Old English heroic style / Geoffrey Russom -- Beowulf and the strange necessity of beauty / Peggy A. Knapp -- "Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness" : Latin prayer and Old English liturgical poetry / Sarah Larratt Keefer -- Survival of the most pleasing : a meme-based approach to aesthetic selection / Michael D.C. Drout -- Hunting the Anglo-Saxon aesthetic in large forms : a Möbian quest / Robert D. Stevick -- Structural and affective relations in The dream of the rood : harmonic proportion and Fibonacci-type commodulation / John M. Hill -- Beowulf and Boethius on beauty and truth / Thomas E. Hart -- The subject of language : a psychoanalytic approach to the aesthetics of Old English poetry / Janet Thormann -- The aesthetics of Beowulf : structure, perception, and desire / Yvette Kisor -- The fall of King Hæŏcyn : or mimesis 4a, the chapter Auerback never wrote / Tom Shippey.
Abstract	Posing questions of quality and beauty as discoverable in artefacts, On the Aesthetics of Beowulf and Other Old English Poems significantly advances our understanding not only of aesthetics and Old English poetry, but also of Old English attitudes towards literature as an art form.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other forms	Also available in print version.
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Issued in other form	Print version 9780802099440
Genre/form	Electronic books.
ISBN	9781442698758 (electronic bk.)

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