Language, lineage and location in the works of Osbern Bokenham / by Alice Spencer.
| Author/creator | Spencer, Alice |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013. |
| Description | viii, 132 pages ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Chapter one. Introduction : identity and community in space and time. Part one. Osbern Bokenham : emerging from the "angle of oblyuyoun" ; part two. The discovery of the Abbotsford manuscript and its implications ; part three. The angelic margins and the inclusiveness of the exemplary : authority, community and identity -- Chapter two. Language : etymology, the vernacular, and the poetic voice. Part one. Introduction ; part two. Etymology, the Trinity and the Legenda Aurea ; part three. Etymology, national identity and the mother tongue in the Mappula Angliae and the lives of native saints ; part four. Natural language and orthodoxy -- Chapter three. Lineage. Part one. Introduction ; part two. Genealogy, gender and nation ; part three. Genealogy, gender and succession ; part four. Gender, fertility and language -- Chapter four. Location. Part one. Introduction ; part two. Sanctity and nation ; part three. Gender, vernacular and nation ; part four. Geographical space, authority and experience ; part five. Translating corpses and Corpora ; part six. Textual spaces : number, form, and the Trinity. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-129) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013376318 |
| ISBN | 9781443842600 |
| ISBN | 1443842605 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |