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Images of Community in Old English Poetry (Paperback, Revised)
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Images of Community in Old English Poetry (Paperback, Revised)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England
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This book explores ideas of community and the relationship of
individuals to communities widely evident in Old English poetry. It
pays particular attention to the context in which major poetic
manuscripts of the late Anglo-Saxon period were received, a time
when concerns about community appear to have been of special
urgency. The book identifies key features of the audience or
readership of Old English poetry in this period, and relates the
interests of these groups of people to themes reflected in the
poetic texts. Magennis analyses a wide range of poems and examines
the imagery on which they draw, concentrating particularly on
depictions of hall (including feasting and drinking), stronghold,
city and landscape. In a poetry in which communal structures are
typically associated with male ideals of warriorship and
fellowship, the position and treatment of women is also shown to
merit close consideration.
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