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Nonhuman Voices in Anglo-Saxon Literature and Material Culture
James Paz
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Description for Nonhuman Voices in Anglo-Saxon Literature and Material Culture
Hardback. This book explores the voices of nonhuman things in Anglo-Saxon literature and material culture, making a valuable contribution to 'thing theory'. Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
This book is available as an open access ebook under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Nonhuman voices in Anglo-Saxon literature and material culture uncovers the voice and agency possessed by nonhuman things across Anglo-Saxon literature and material culture. It makes a new contribution to 'thing theory' and rethinks conventional divisions between animate human subjects and inanimate nonhuman objects in the early Middle Ages. Anglo-Saxon writers and craftsmen describe artefacts and animals through riddling forms or enigmatic language, balancing an attempt to speak and listen to things with an understanding that these nonhumans often elude, defy ... Read more
This book is available as an open access ebook under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Nonhuman voices in Anglo-Saxon literature and material culture uncovers the voice and agency possessed by nonhuman things across Anglo-Saxon literature and material culture. It makes a new contribution to 'thing theory' and rethinks conventional divisions between animate human subjects and inanimate nonhuman objects in the early Middle Ages. Anglo-Saxon writers and craftsmen describe artefacts and animals through riddling forms or enigmatic language, balancing an attempt to speak and listen to things with an understanding that these nonhumans often elude, defy ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781526101105
SKU
V9781526101105
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Ref
99-15
About James Paz
James Paz is Lecturer in Early Medieval English Literature at the University of Manchester -- .
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