Old English and Continental Germanic Literature in Comparative Perspectives
Publisher: Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9781433148842
Subjects: English literature, history and criticism, old english, ca. 450-1100; Comparative literature; Germanic literature
Description: " In modern scholarship, however, rarely are early continental Germanic literary remains discussed in the same breath with the Anglo-Saxon materials in spite of the apparent relationships, in distinct contrast to the well-explored relationships between Old English literature and Old Norse. The purpose of this collection of essays is to redress that absence. The essays collected here aim to compare key texts and practices of the Anglo-Saxons with their continental counterparts. Motifs, scribal habits, tropes, and themes are here explored connecting Beowulf, Heliand, and Exodus specifically, as well as exploring some elements on a larger cultural canvas"--