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Maren Clegg Hyer - Textiles, Text, Intertext: Essays in Honour of Gale R. Owen-Crocker - 9781783270736 - V9781783270736
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Textiles, Text, Intertext: Essays in Honour of Gale R. Owen-Crocker

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Description for Textiles, Text, Intertext: Essays in Honour of Gale R. Owen-Crocker Hardback. Essays centred round the representation of weaving, both real and imagined, in the early middle ages. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3F; ACK; AKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
The triple themes of textile, text, and intertext, three powerful and evocative subjects within both Anglo-Saxon studies and Old English literature itself, run through the essays collected here. Chapters evoke the semantic complexities of textile references and images drawn from the Bayeux Tapestry, examine parallels in word-woven poetics, riddling texts, and interwoven homiletic and historical prose, and identify iconographical textures in medieval art. The volume thus considers the images and creative strategies of textiles, texts, and intertexts, generating a complex and fascinating view of the material culture and metaphorical landscape of the Anglo-Saxon peoples. It is therefore a particularly fitting ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
648g
Number of Pages
273
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783270736
SKU
V9781783270736
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Ref
99-50

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Owen-Crocker is held in high esteem and affection by scholars and researchers in many fields and . . . her enthusiasm and encouragement have inspired researchers both within and outside traditional academia. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW

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