The Old English Gnomic Poems Maxims I and Maxims II

Kazutomo Karasawa (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

384 Seiten

2024
Liverpool University Press (Verlag)
978-1-83553-789-3 (ISBN)

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Maxims I and Maxims II, which comprise a seemingly haphazard assortment of Old English poetic gnomes (sayings put into verse to aid memory), are intriguing yet mysterious compositions. While they are interesting in that they might represent various facets of the values and worldview that were prevalent in early medieval England, they are puzzling, lacking both thematic or aesthetic coherence and identifiable goals. Nevertheless, these works must have had significance, as reflected in the fact that they are recorded among other significant works in two highly esteemed manuscripts: the Exeter Book and the C-manuscript of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. This volume investigates how these works function both independently and within the context of these manuscripts by analysing the works themselves and their places within these codices. This volume also addresses the following long-standing issues: linguistic features and dates and places of origin of these works; the use of ljóðaháttr- and galdralag-like constructions in Maxims I; the gnome on soð in Maxims II; and the use of gnomic bið and sceal. A new critical edition of Maxims I and II, complete with English translations, full commentary and glossary, is also included in the volume.

Kazutomo Karasawa is Professor at Rikkyo University, Tokyo. He is the editor of The Old English Metrical Calendar (Menologium) (D. S. Brewer, 2015), and a co-editor of Ideas of the World in Early Medieval English Literature (Brepols, 2022).

Introduction

Part 1: Maxims I and Maxims II Reconsidered

Chapter 1: Maxims I in the Context of the Exeter Bookc

Chapter 2: Contents, Theme and Structure of Maxims I

Chapter 3: Linguistic Features, Date, and Provenance of Maxims I

Chapter 4: Ljóðaháttr- and Galdralag-like Constructions in Maxims I

Chapter 5: Maxims II in the Context of Cotton Tiberius B.i

Chapter 6: Contents, Theme, and Structure of Maxims II

Chapter 7: Linguistic Features, Date, and Provenance of Maxims II

Chapter 8: Is Soð Swicolost or Switolost?

Chapter 9: Varieties of Gnomes in Maxims I and Maxims II

Part 2: Texts and Translations

Maxims I: Text and Translation

Maxims II Text and Translation

Commentary on Maxims I

Commentary on Maxims II

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	09.12.2024
Reihe/Serie	Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies
Verlagsort	Liverpool
Sprache	englisch
Maße	163 x 239 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-83553-789-8 / 1835537898
ISBN-13	978-1-83553-789-3 / 9781835537893
Zustand	Neuware