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Light and Darkness in Anglo-Saxon Thought and Writing

Jean Ritzke-Rutherford

出版	Lang, 1979
主題	Literary Criticism / GeneralLiterary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, WelshLiterary Criticism / Semiotics & TheoryLiterary Criticism / Medieval
ISBN	38204640509783820464054
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=wZYkAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

This general study of Early Anglo-Saxon writing and its background suggests why the motif of light and darkness is so prevalent in Old English (OE) poetry. A thorough survey of research in Germanic mythology and overviews of such fields as runology, place-name studies, and archeology precede a sweeping study of OE prose. After establishing the socio-cultural context (historical method), the occurrence of the motif in OE poetry is examined on an intrinsic basis. Recent research in Oral Formulaic Theory is discussed and a major revision suggested. The book closes with an analysis of OE poetry and new interpretation of some OE poems.