Mortal forms : affect and temporality in early English poetry /

"Theorizes how medieval English poetic forms, in works such as Beowulf, The Wanderer, Piers Plowman, and Pearl, communicate the unspeakable (grief, pain, eternity), revealing previously unrecognized commonalities among Old and Middle English poems and connecting medieval poetics to modern aesth...

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Main Author:	Reynolds, Evelyn R. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2026]
Series:	Interventions: new studies in medieval culture
Subjects:	English poetry > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism. English poetry > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism. Mortality in literature. Affect (Psychology) in literature. Time in literature. Time perception in literature. Poésie anglaise > ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) > Histoire et critique. Poésie anglaise > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Histoire et critique. Mortalité dans la littérature. Temps dans la littérature. Perception du temps dans la littérature.

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Summary:	"Theorizes how medieval English poetic forms, in works such as Beowulf, The Wanderer, Piers Plowman, and Pearl, communicate the unspeakable (grief, pain, eternity), revealing previously unrecognized commonalities among Old and Middle English poems and connecting medieval poetics to modern aesthetic theories regarding the limits of representation"--
Physical Description:	202 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index.
ISBN:	9780814216064 0814216064