{"product_id":"9781442624900","title":"Weaving Words and Binding Bodies: The Poetics of Human Experience in Old English Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eReferences to weaving and binding are ubiquitous in Anglo-Saxon literature. Several hundred instances of such imagery occur in the poetic corpus, invoked in connection with objects, people, elemental forces, and complex abstract concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWeaving Words and Binding Bodies\u003c\/em\u003e presents the first comprehensive study of weaving and binding imagery through intertextual analysis and close readings of \u003cem\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/em\u003e, riddles, the poetry of Cynewulf, and other key texts. Megan Cavell highlights the prominent use of weaving and binding in previously unrecognized formulas, collocations, and type-scenes, shedding light on important tropes such as the lord-retainer “bond” and the gendered role of “peace-weaving” in Anglo-Saxon society. Through the analysis of metrical, rhetorical, and linguistic features and canonical and neglected texts in a wide range of genres, \u003cem\u003eWeaving Words and Binding Bodies\u003c\/em\u003e makes an important contribution to the ongoing study of Anglo-Saxon poetics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140120133872,"sku":"9781442624900","price":84.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442624900_p0.jpg?v=1763807630","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442624900","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}