Text and Picture in Anglo-Saxon England: Narrative Strategies in the Junius 11 Manuscript (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, Series Number 31) - Softcover

Karkov, Catherine E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521093066 ISBN 13: 9780521093064

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

This book reveals the interrelationship of text and picture in the only surviving illustrated Anglo-Saxon poetic manuscript. It locates the manuscript within the broader cultural contexts in which it was produced and read, and documents the way in which it was transformed by poets, artists, and modern scholars and editors from a collection of biblical poetry to a national historical narrative.

About this title

Book Description:

A lavishly illustrated book, exploring the interrelationship of text and picture in the only surviving illustrated Anglo-Saxon poetic manuscript. The book focuses on the way in which the drawings both illustrate the text and translate it into a new visual language. It locates the manuscript within the broader cultural contexts in which it was produced and read, and documents the way in which it was transformed by poets, artists, and modern scholars and editors from a collection of biblical poetry to a national historical narrative.

About the Author:

Professor Catherine E. Karkov has taught at Miami University since 1990 and is an affiliate in both the History and Women's Studies departments. She is editor of The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England: Basic Readings (New York, 1999), and co-editor of numerous books on the art and archaeology of early medieval England and Ireland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521093066
• ISBN 13: 9780521093064
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288