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Subject(s)

• English poetry—Old English, ca. 450-1100—History and criticism [Browse]
• English language—Old English, ca. 450-1100—Semantics [Browse]
• Aesthetics in literature [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Literary criticism [Browse]

Series

• Studies in English medieval language and literature ; Bd. 60. [More in this series]
• Studies in English medieval language and literature ; vol 60 [More in this series]

Summary note

"This monograph offers an analysis of the lexical domain of beauty and other additional lexical domains that are figuratively used to refer to beauty, highlighting their central role in the Anglo-Saxon formulaic style. Using different methods from computational and cognitive linguistics, this study is aimed at determining the exact semantic value of these terms, detecting possible patterns of metaphorization and metonymization and identifying strategies behind their usage, ultimately determining how beauty was conceptualised and experienced in early Medieval England and in its literature. This research evidences the importance of this aesthetic idea in the Old English poetry and its aesthetic paradigm and revealing the core associations between beauty and other religious and social ideas"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• From 'beauty' to the experience of beauty. 'Beauty' as an aesthetic idea
• Aesthetic emotions and the experience of beauty
• The Anglo-Saxon mind, senses and aesthetic sensibility. The Anglo-saxon senses, emotions and psychology
• The Anglo-Saxon aesthetic experience
• Anglo-Saxon vernacular verse : some considerations and possible subdivisions
• The lexical domain of beauty and appearance. OE ansȳn
• OE cȳm-
• Adjective OE fæger
• Adverb OE fægere
• OE fægrian
• OE wlite
• OE wlitig
• Beauty is cleanness
• Beauty is colour
• Beauty is uniqueness and excellence
• Beauty is an intricate pattern
• Beauty is light
• Beauty is nobility
• Beauty is aesthetic pleasure.

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ISBN

• 9783631855850 (hardback)
• 3631855850 (hardback)

LCCN

2021044287

OCLC

1264141484

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