Title: Life Both Public and Private
Description: "The author argues that a singular, Anglo-Saxon sense of self may be found by analyzing their surviving verse. The concept of the individual, with an identity outside of her community, is clearly evident during this period. The view that the individual as we understand it did not really exist until the Renaissance does not stand up to scrutiny"--
Subjects: English poetry, history and criticism, old english, ca. 450-1100, Self (philosophy), Difference (philosophy), Civilization, anglo-saxon, English poetry, History and criticism, Self (Philosophy) in literature, Difference (Philosophy) in literature, Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature, Old English, 18.05 English literature