Textual Identities in Early Medieval England
Essays in Honour of Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe
Published on 11. March 2022
Book
Hardback
346 pages
978-1-84384-624-6 (ISBN)
Description
New approaches to a range of Old English texts.
Throughout her career, Professor Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe has focused on the often-overlooked details of early medieval textual life, moving from the smallest punctum to a complete reframing of the humanities' biggest questions. In her hands, the traditional tools of medieval studies -- philology, paleography, and close reading - become a fulcrum to reveal the unspoken worldviews animating early medieval textual production. The essays collected here both honour and reflect her influence as a scholar and teacher. They cover Latin works, such as the writings of Prudentius and Bede, along with vernacular prose texts: the Pastoral Care, the OE Boethius, the law codes, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and AElfric's Lives of Saints. The Old English poetic corpus is also considered, with a focus on less-studied works, including Genesis and Fortunes of Men. This diverse array of texts provides a foundation for the volume's analysis of agency, identity, and subjectivity in early medieval England; united in their methodology, the articles in this collection all question received wisdom and challenge critical consensus on key issues of humanistic inquiry, among them affect and embodied cognition, sovereignty and power, and community formation.
Throughout her career, Professor Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe has focused on the often-overlooked details of early medieval textual life, moving from the smallest punctum to a complete reframing of the humanities' biggest questions. In her hands, the traditional tools of medieval studies -- philology, paleography, and close reading - become a fulcrum to reveal the unspoken worldviews animating early medieval textual production. The essays collected here both honour and reflect her influence as a scholar and teacher. They cover Latin works, such as the writings of Prudentius and Bede, along with vernacular prose texts: the Pastoral Care, the OE Boethius, the law codes, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and AElfric's Lives of Saints. The Old English poetic corpus is also considered, with a focus on less-studied works, including Genesis and Fortunes of Men. This diverse array of texts provides a foundation for the volume's analysis of agency, identity, and subjectivity in early medieval England; united in their methodology, the articles in this collection all question received wisdom and challenge critical consensus on key issues of humanistic inquiry, among them affect and embodied cognition, sovereignty and power, and community formation.
Reviews / Votes
These are fine essays which celebrate a fine scholar. The conclusion to the volume summarises the work nicely: 'In the chapters of this volume can be seen the diversity and brilliance of Katherine's legacy; it is a truly fitting tribute to her as a scholar and a mentor.' So it is. -- Paul Cavill * TOEBI Newsletter *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
20 b/w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
684 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84384-624-6 (9781843846246)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Rebecca Stephenson is Associate Professor of Old and Middle English at University College Dublin. Jacqueline Fay is Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas at Arlington. Renee R. Trilling is Associate Professor of English and Director of the Program in Medieval Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Content
Introduction
Jacqueline Fay, Rebecca Stephenson, and Renee R. Trilling
Part I: Affect and Embodied Cognition in Medieval Didactic Texts
1. Prudentius's Apotheosis and Hamartigenia in Early Medieval England
Leslie Lockett
2. Wonders Never Cease in the Old English Boethius
Nicole Guenther Discenza
3. The Desiring Mind: Embodying Affect in the Old English Pastoral Care
Jennifer A. Lorden
4. Adam and Eve's Hands and Eyes: Covering the Face in the Junius Manuscript
Benjamin A. Saltzman
5. Hawk Taming and Humanity in The Fortunes of Men
Stacy S. Klein
Part II: Sovereignty, Power, and English Textual Identities
6. A Taste for the Law: The Preface to Alfred's Law Code and Hannah Arendt's Reading of Kant
Emily V. Thornbury
7. The Bodies Politic: Conflict, Consent, and English Identity During Godwin's Exile
Jacob Hobson
8. Abraham Wheelock, Agent of Anglicanism, and the Deployment of Old English Texts in the 1643 Edition of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Timothy Graham
Part III: Acts of Public Record in Making and Sustaining Communities
9. Writings Among the Ruins: The Peterborough Chronicle and the House Archive
Scott T. Smith
10. St. Rumwold and the Social Network of Belief
Miranda Wilcox
11. Holy Women on Display in AElfric's Lives of Saints
Jonathan Davis-Secord
Overview of Career
Visible Mod: The Scholarship of Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe
Maura Nolan
The Writings of Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe
Bibliography
Index
Tabula Gratulatoria
Jacqueline Fay, Rebecca Stephenson, and Renee R. Trilling
Part I: Affect and Embodied Cognition in Medieval Didactic Texts
1. Prudentius's Apotheosis and Hamartigenia in Early Medieval England
Leslie Lockett
2. Wonders Never Cease in the Old English Boethius
Nicole Guenther Discenza
3. The Desiring Mind: Embodying Affect in the Old English Pastoral Care
Jennifer A. Lorden
4. Adam and Eve's Hands and Eyes: Covering the Face in the Junius Manuscript
Benjamin A. Saltzman
5. Hawk Taming and Humanity in The Fortunes of Men
Stacy S. Klein
Part II: Sovereignty, Power, and English Textual Identities
6. A Taste for the Law: The Preface to Alfred's Law Code and Hannah Arendt's Reading of Kant
Emily V. Thornbury
7. The Bodies Politic: Conflict, Consent, and English Identity During Godwin's Exile
Jacob Hobson
8. Abraham Wheelock, Agent of Anglicanism, and the Deployment of Old English Texts in the 1643 Edition of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Timothy Graham
Part III: Acts of Public Record in Making and Sustaining Communities
9. Writings Among the Ruins: The Peterborough Chronicle and the House Archive
Scott T. Smith
10. St. Rumwold and the Social Network of Belief
Miranda Wilcox
11. Holy Women on Display in AElfric's Lives of Saints
Jonathan Davis-Secord
Overview of Career
Visible Mod: The Scholarship of Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe
Maura Nolan
The Writings of Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe
Bibliography
Index
Tabula Gratulatoria