{"product_id":"9781526179142","title":"Borrowed objects and the art of poetry","description":"Author: Denis Ferhatovic\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526179142\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Apr 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 200 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis study examines Exeter riddles, Anglo-Saxon biblical poems (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eExodus, Andreas, Judith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e) and\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ein order to uncover the poetics of spolia, an imaginative use of recycled fictional artefacts to create sites of metatextual reflection.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOld English poetry famously lacks an explicit \u003ci\u003ears poetica\u003c\/i\u003e. This book argues that attention to particularly charged moments within texts - especially those concerned with translation, transformation and the layering of various pasts - yields a previously unrecognised means for theorising Anglo-Saxon poetic creativity. \u003ci\u003eBorrowed objects and the art of poetry\u003c\/i\u003e works at the intersections of materiality and poetics, balancing insights from thing theory and related approaches with close readings of passages from Old English texts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920560144542,"sku":"ING-9781526179142","price":49.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526179142.jpg?v=1782823896","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526179142","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}