{"product_id":"emotional-practice-in-old-english-alice-jorgensen-9781843847052","title":"Emotional Practice in Old English Literature","description":"An examination of how emotions were practised and performed through Old English texts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScholarship is increasingly interested in investigating concepts of emotion found in Old English literature. This study takes the next step, arguing that both heroic and religious texts were vehicles for emotional practice - that is, for doing things with emotion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing case studies from heroic poetry (Beowulf, The Battle of Brunanburh and The Battle of Maldon), religious poetry (Christ I and Christ III) and homilies (selections from the Vercelli Book, Blickling Homilies and the works of Wulfstan), it shows via detailed close readings that texts could be used to act out emotional styles, manage the emotions arising from specific events, and negotiate relationships both within social groups and with God. Meanwhile, a chapter on the Old English Boethius explores how the control of unruly emotions is theorized as the transfer of attachment from the things of this world to the things of the divine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOverall, the volume offers new angles on the social functions of genres and questions of reception and performance; and it gives insight into how early medieval people used emotions to relate to their world, temporal and eternal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice Jorgensen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1843847051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781843847052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell \u0026amp; Brewer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d","brand":"Alice Jorgensen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46545840341247,"sku":"9781843847052","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cf51480c-4d32-44ef-ae3d-92b3ae27a2d5.jpg?v=1738183478","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/emotional-practice-in-old-english-alice-jorgensen-9781843847052","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}