Overview

This volume brings together examinations of pragmatic meaning and proverbs of the Medieval North. Pragmatic meaning, which relies upon cultural and interpersonal context to go beyond the simple semantic and grammatical meaning of an utterance, has a fundamental connection with proverbs, which also communicate a deeper meaning than what is actually said. Essays in this volume explore this connection by examining the language of generosity, conversion, friendship, debate, dragon proverbs, and saints’ lives. These essays are inspired by the works of Thomas A. Shippey, who has been a pioneer in the study of wisdom poetry and pragmatics in medieval literature.

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Author:   Eric Shane Bryan ,  Alexander Vaugh Ames
Publisher:   Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US
Imprint:   Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780866986106

ISBN 10:   0866986103
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   26 May 2020
Recommended Age:   From 0 to 99 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword: An Awareness of Immanence -Tom Shippey Preface -Eric Shane Bryan and Alexander Vaughan Ames Acknowledgments -Eric Shane Bryan and Alexander Vaughan Ames Part I: Proverbial Speech Acts The Eddic Wisdom of Hreiðarr the Fool: Paroemial Cognitive Patterning in an Old Icelandic þáttr -Richard L. Harris Beowulf’s Bane, Fáfnir, and the Firedrake of Erebor: Proverbial Dragons and the Implicatures of Pragmatic Discourse -Jonathan Evans Examining The Proverbs of Hendyng for the Essentials: Its Meaning, Authorship, and Readership -Graham P. Johnson The Wisdom of Friendship in Hávamál -Michael Nagy Competitive Cooperation in Old and Middle English Debate Poetry: Solomon and Saturn II and Winner and Waster -Alexander Vaughan Ames Part II: Pragmatic Speech Acts Don’t Kill the Messenger: Felicity Conditions in Old Norse Conversion Narratives -Eric Shane Bryan Repetition, Class, and the Nameless Speakers of Beowulf -Michael R. Kightley Praising and Appraising Heroic Deeds: Generosity as Surplus Giving in Beowulf -Scott Gwara The Fall of the Angels as Apotropaic Weapon in Cynewulf’s Saints’ Lives -Jill M. Fitzgerald “Hwæt!”: Discourse Markers and Orality in Beowulf -Toby R. Beeny Teaching Good Manners: Civil Discourse Patterns in Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -A. Keith Kelly Bibliography

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Eric Shane Bryan is Associate Professor of English at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Alexander Vaughan Ames is a Lecturer in the Social Advocacy and Ethical Life Initiative of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Carolina.

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