{"product_id":"borrowed-objects-and-the-art-of-poetry-spolia-in-old-english-verse-9781526131652","title":"Borrowed Objects and the Art of Poetry: Spolia in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis study examines Exeter riddles, Anglo-Saxon biblical poems (\u003ci\u003eExodus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAndreas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJudith\u003c\/i\u003e) and \u003ci\u003eBeowulf \u003c\/i\u003ein order to uncover the poetics of \u003ci\u003espolia\u003c\/i\u003e, an imaginative use of recycled fictional artefacts to create sites of metatextual reflection. Old English poetry famously lacks an explicit \u003ci\u003ears poetica\u003c\/i\u003e. This book argues that attention to particularly charged moments within texts – especially those concerned with translation, transformation and the layering of various pasts – yields a previously unrecognised means for theorising Anglo-Saxon poetic creativity. \u003ci\u003eBorrowed objects and the art of poetry\u003c\/i\u003e works at the intersections of materiality and poetics, balancing insights from thing theory and related approaches with close readings of passages from Old English texts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Ferhatovic ´demonstrates how productive the turn to material culture can be for understanding early medieval poetry.'\u003cbr\u003eSpeculum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Ferhatovic has created a rich tapestry exploring these prominent, unsettling things as they are reflected in the poetry of a culture that knew all too well what plunder meant. His debut monograph provides a sharply argued and unconventional approach to several perplexing and important Old English works, finding a dramatically new angle from which to explore them.'\u003cbr\u003eJournal of English and Germanic Philology\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Powerful fragments: ruin, relics, \u003ci\u003espolia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Encyclopedic miniatures: combinatory powers of loot in the Exeter Riddles\u003cbr\u003e2 Architecture of the past and the future: transformative potential of plunder in \u003ci\u003eExodus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 Animated, animating: bringing stone, flesh, and text to life in \u003ci\u003eAndreas\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e4 Zooming out, cutting through: resistance to incorporation in \u003ci\u003eJudith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 A hoard full of plunder: paradoxical materiality of loss in \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfterword: Resistant material remnants in Old English and beyond\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040995967319,"sku":"9781526131652","price":63.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526131652.jpg?v=1750948531","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/borrowed-objects-and-the-art-of-poetry-spolia-in-old-english-verse-9781526131652","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}