Evidence for Anglo-Saxon culture in post-conquest England in King Horn
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Authors
McGoldrick, Tara.
Issue Date
2011-11-28T16:24:25Z
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
Keywords
King Horn (Metrical romance) , English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism. , Romances, English. , Anglo-Saxons -- Influence -- Medieval civilization. , Great Britain -- History -- Medieval period, 1066-1485. , Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066. , Anglo-Saxons -- Poetry. , Civilization, Medieval, in literature. , Anglo-Saxon culture. , Post-conquest England. , English poems. , Early Middle English romance. , Anglo-Saxon traditions. , Norman Conquest. , Old English battle poetry. , Elegies. , Germanic traditions. , Anglo-Saxon society.
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Abstract
Through the examination of an early Middle English romance called King Horn, my thesis explores how Anglo-Saxon traditions continued through the Norman Conquest despite changes in language, literature and culture. I use various theories of transmission of texts in the four medieval versions of the story and in the three King Horn manuscripts in relation to historical context and genre. Through comparison to Old English battle poetry and elegies, I illustrate the connections in King Horn to earlier Germanic traditions as evidence for continuation of Anglo-Saxon society in new forms of literature and a new culture.
Description
i, 102 leaves.
Bibliography: leaves 98-201.
Bibliography: leaves 98-201.
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Publisher
Wheaton College; Norton, Mass.