Literary Speech Acts of the Medieval North – Essays Inspired by the Works of Thomas A. Shippey

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

This volume brings together examinations of pragmatic meaning and proverbs of the Medieval North. Pragmatic meaning, which relies upon cultural and interpersonal context to go beyond the simple semantic and grammatical meaning of an utterance, has a fundamental connection with proverbs, which also communicate a deeper meaning than what is actually said. Essays in this volume explore this connection by examining the language of generosity, conversion, friendship, debate, dragon proverbs, and saints’ lives. These essays are inspired by the works of Thomas A. Shippey, who has been a pioneer in the study of wisdom poetry and pragmatics in medieval literature.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-05-26
Mått:152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt:5 448 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:266
Förlag:Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US
ISBN:9780866986106

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Essäer inom Skönlitteratur
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Mer om författaren

Eric Shane Bryan is Associate Professor of English at Missouri University of Science and Technology.Alexander Vaughan Ames is a Lecturer in the Social Advocacy and Ethical Life Initiative of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Carolina.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword: An Awareness of Immanence-Tom ShippeyPreface-Eric Shane Bryan and Alexander Vaughan AmesAcknowledgments-Eric Shane Bryan and Alexander Vaughan AmesPart I: Proverbial Speech ActsThe Eddic Wisdom of Hreiðarr the Fool: Paroemial Cognitive Patterning in an Old Icelandic þáttr-Richard L. HarrisBeowulf’s Bane, Fáfnir, and the Firedrake of Erebor: Proverbial Dragons and the Implicatures of Pragmatic Discourse-Jonathan EvansExamining The Proverbs of Hendyng for the Essentials: Its Meaning, Authorship, and Readership-Graham P. JohnsonThe Wisdom of Friendship in Hávamál-Michael NagyCompetitive Cooperation in Old and Middle English Debate Poetry: Solomon and Saturn II and Winner and Waster-Alexander Vaughan AmesPart II: Pragmatic Speech ActsDon’t Kill the Messenger: Felicity Conditions in Old Norse Conversion Narratives-Eric Shane BryanRepetition, Class, and the Nameless Speakers of Beowulf-Michael R. KightleyPraising and Appraising Heroic Deeds: Generosity as Surplus Giving in Beowulf-Scott GwaraThe Fall of the Angels as Apotropaic Weapon in Cynewulf’s Saints’ Lives-Jill M. Fitzgerald“Hwæt!”: Discourse Markers and Orality in Beowulf-Toby R. BeenyTeaching Good Manners: Civil Discourse Patterns in Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight-A. Keith KellyBibliography