Research Catalog

Title

Reading Old English Biblical poetry : the book and the poem in Junius 11 / Janet Schrunk Ericksen.

Author

Ericksen, Janet Schrunk, 1964-

Publication

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2021]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

x, 222 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"Reading Old English Biblical Poetry considers the Junius 11 manuscript, the only surviving illustrated book of Old English poetry, in terms of its earliest readers and their multiple strategies of reading and making meaning. Junius 11 begins with the creation story and ends with the final vanquishing of Satan by Jesus. The study is framed by particular attention to the materiality of the manuscript and how that might have informed its early reception, and it broadens considerations of reading beyond those of the manuscript's compiler and possible patron. As a book, Junius 11 reflects a rich and varied culture of reading that existed in and beyond houses of God in England in the tenth and eleventh centuries, and it points to readers who had enough experience to select and find wisdom, narrative pleasure, and a diversity of other things within this or any book's contents."--

Series Statement

Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 31

Uniform Title

Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 31.

Subject

• Caedmon manuscript
• 450-1100
• Reader-response criticism
• English poetry > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism
• Christian poetry, English (Old) > History and criticism
• Manuscripts, Medieval > England
• Manuscripts, English (Old)
• Christian poetry, English (Old)
• English poetry > Old English
• Manuscripts, Medieval
• England

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Issued also in electronic formats.

Contents

Reading Junius 11 -- Thrice-told tale -- Seeing and believing in Daniel and Genesis B -- Boceras and Exodus -- Wisdom literature in the back of the book -- Book in the library -- Closing the book.

Call Number

JFE 21-3314

ISBN

• 9781487507466
• 1487507461

OCLC

1127123402

Author

Ericksen, Janet Schrunk, 1964- author.

Title

Reading Old English Biblical poetry : the book and the poem in Junius 11 / Janet Schrunk Ericksen.

Publisher

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2021]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 31

Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 31.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional Formats

Issued also in electronic formats.

Chronological Term

450-1100

Other Form:

Online version: Ericksen, Janet Schrunk, 1964- Reading Old English Biblical poetry. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2021 1487536305 9781487536305 (OCoLC)1145020718

Research Call Number

JFE 21-3314