The Life Course in Old English Poetry

Harriet Soper

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Harriet Soper, University of Oxford

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: November 2023
Print publication year:: 2023
Online ISBN:: 9781009315159
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009315159

Subjects:: Literature, Anglo Saxon and Medieval Literature
Series:: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature

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In the first book-length study of the whole lifespan in Old English verse, Harriet Soper reveals how poets depicted varied paths through life, including their staging of entanglements between human life courses and those of the nonhuman or more-than-human. While Old English poetry sometimes suggests that uniform patterns shape each life, paralleling patristic traditions of the ages of man, it also frequently disrupts a sense of steady linearity through the life course in striking ways, foregrounding moments of sudden upheaval over smooth continuity, contingency over predictability, and idiosyncrasy over regularity. Advancing new readings of a diverse range of Old English poems, Soper draws on an array of supporting contexts and theories to illuminate these texts, unearthing their complex and fascinating depictions of ageing through life. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

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The Life Course in Old English Poetry
pp i-i

Cambridge Studies In Medieval Literature - Series page
pp ii-ii

The Life Course in Old English Poetry - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

Figures and Tables
pp viii-viii

Acknowledgements
pp ix-xi

A Note on the Chronology of Old English Poetry
pp xii-xiv

Abbreviations
pp xv-xvi

Introduction - The Poetics of the Life Course
pp 1-24

Chapter 1 - Taking Shape
pp 25-60

Chapter 2 - Becoming Useful
pp 61-98

Chapter 3 - Outliving Others
pp 99-136

Chapter 4 - Getting Wasted
pp 137-173

Conclusion - The Rhyming Poem
pp 174-190

Notes
pp 191-227

Bibliography
pp 228-255

Index
pp 256-267

Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature - Series page
pp 268-272

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