Mortal forms : affect and temporality in early English poetry / Evelyn Reynolds.
| Author/creator | Reynolds, Evelyn R. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2026] |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | 202 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Interventions: new studies in medieval culture Interventions: new studies in medieval culture http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/94744044-d9b1-2d8c-b76a-821c93388a7b |
| Contents | The vanishing world : defining a poetics of transience -- The vanishing self : dynamism, stasis, and denial -- The vanishing eternal : representing divine mortality -- Beyond transience : immanent eternity. |
| Abstract | "Theorizes how medieval English poetic forms, in works such as Beowulf, The Wanderer, Piers Plowman, and Pearl, communicate the unspeakable (grief, pain, eternity), revealing previously unrecognized commonalities among Old and Middle English poems and connecting medieval poetics to modern aesthetic theories regarding the limits of representation"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index. |
| LCCN | 2025044778 |
| ISBN | 9780814216064 |
| ISBN | 0814216064 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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