Ebook: The Idea of Anglo-Saxon England 1066-1901 Remembering, Forgetting, Deciphering, and Renewing the Past
Author: Niles John D
- Tags: (BISAC Subject Heading)LAN000000, Englische Literatur / Alt- u. Mittelenglisch Mittelalter, Geschichte, Geschichte des Mittelalters (500-1500), HI04: Geschichte des Mittelalters (500-1500), Literature, Literaturwissenschaft, LT24: mündliche Überlieferung Volksdichtung Mythologie, LT41: Englische Literatur / Alt- u. Mittelenglisch Mittelalter, Medieval History (500-1500), mündliche Überlieferung Volksdichtung Mythologie, Old Middle & Medieval English Literature, Oral Literature Folk Literature Mytho
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
- City: Great Britain
- Edition: 1. Auflage
- Language: English
- epub
The Idea of Anglo Saxon England, 1066-1901 presents the first systematic review of the ways in which Anglo-Saxon studies have evolved from their beginnings to the twentieth century Tells the story of how the idea of Anglo-Saxon England evolved from the Anglo-Saxons themselves to the Victorians, serving as a myth of origins for the English people, their language, and some of their most cherished institutions Combines original research with established scholarship to reveal how current conceptions of English identity might be very different if it were not for the discovery - and invention - of.