On the aesthetics of Beowulf and other Old English poems / edited by John M. Hill.
| Other author | Hill, John M., 1946- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Toronto ; Buffalo, NY : University of Toronto Press, |
| Description | vi, 299 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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 Hæðcyn : or mimesis 4a, the chapter Auerback never wrote / Tom Shippey. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-290) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Language | In English with some Old English. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010281640 |
| ISBN | 9780802099440 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0802099440 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |