| Description |
xii, 297 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-291) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : an outline of the Anglo-Saxons' sense of space -- Creation -- Ordering the world : creation narratives and spatial control -- The centres of Beowulf : a complex spatial order -- Localization and remapping : creating a new centrality for Anglo-Saxon England -- Migration -- Integrating new spaces : saint's lives and missions of conversion -- Searching for land : scriptural poetry and migration -- Conquest -- The descriptiones Britanniae and the adventus Saxonum : narratives strategies for the conquest of Britain. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
English literature -- Old English, approximately 450-1100 -- History and criticism.
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Geography in literature.
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Place (Philosophy) in literature.
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Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| Cover Title |
Creation, migration, & conquest |
| ISBN |
019928671X |
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9780199286713 |
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