創造、移民、征服：古英語文学における想像の地理学と空間感覚 Creation, Migration, and Conquest : Imaginary Geography and Sense of Space in Old English Literature

Michelet, Fabienne L.

Oxford University Press（2006/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 320 p.／サイズ 9 b/w in-text
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780199286713
• DDC分類 829.09

基本説明

Analyses how the Anglo-Saxons' spatial imaginaire shapes perceptions and representations of geographical space. Exploring spatial representations found in both historical documents and verse, it highlights the links between place, identity, and collective destiny.

Full Description

Creation, Migration, and Conquest: Imaginary Geography and Sense of Space in Old English Literature explores the Anglo-Saxons' spatial imaginaire; tracing its political, literary, and intellectual backgrounds and analysing how this imaginaire shapes perceptions and representations of geographical space. The book elaborates new interpretative paradigms, drawing on the work of continental scholars and literary critics, and on complementing interdisciplinary scholarship of medieval imaginary spaces and their representations. It gathers evidence from both Old English verse and historico-geographical documents, and focuses on the juncture between traditional scientific learning and the symbolic values attributed to space and orientation. Combining close reading with an original theoretical model, Creation, Migration, and Conquest offers innovative interpretations of celebrated texts and highlights the links between place, identity, and collective identity.

Contents

SECTION I: 'CREATION' ; SECTION II: 'MIGRATION' ; SECTION III: 'CONQUEST'