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Author:

Howe, Nicholas.

Title:

Writing the map of Anglo-Saxon England : essays in cultural geography / Nicholas Howe.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xiv, 278 p. : ill. : 25 cm.

Subject:

Anglo-Saxons.
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon.
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature.
English literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism.
Cultural geography--Great Britain.
Manuscripts, Medieval--England.
Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
Great Britain--Historiography.--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066--Historiography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-268) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Book and land -- Local places -- Writing the boundaries -- Home and landscape -- Geography and history. -- England and and the postcolonial void -- Rome as capital of Anglo-Saxon England -- From Bede's world to "Bede's world" -- Books of elsewhere -- Books of elsewhere : Cotton Tiberius B v and Cotton Vitellius A xv -- Falling into place : dislocation in Junius 11 -- Conclusion : by way of Durham.

ISBN:

030011933X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300119336 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)123377401

LCCN:

2007016407

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)