| Description |
1 online resource (199 pages) |
| Series |
Arc companions |
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Arc Humanities Press companions.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- ANIMAL ENTRIES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF OLD ENGLISH HEADWORDS |
| Summary |
A Handbook of Animals in Old English Texts is the definitive handbook for students, scholars, and observers of the non-human in early medieval England. In this interdisciplinary compendium to the animal inhabitants of medieval Britain, Preston documents each creature mentioned in the Old English literary textual canon and correlates its standard literary interpretation with relevant historical, archaeological, and ecological studies. Beyond its usefulness as a reference work, Preston's text challenges the reader to move beyond a literary analysis of the figural beast to one that leaves space for the actual animal."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Project Muse, viewed March 13, 2023) |
| Subject |
English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism
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Animals in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval.
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Animals in literature
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English literature -- Old English
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781802700299 |
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1802700293 |
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