{"product_id":"reading-old-english-biblical-poetry-the-book-and-the-poem-in-junius-11-hardback-9781487507466","title":"Reading Old English Biblical Poetry; The Book and the Poem in Junius 11 (Hardback) 9781487507466","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReading Old English Biblical Poetry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Book and the Poem in Junius 11\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJanet Schrunk Ericksen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487507466\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 November 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e234 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Ericksen\u0026amp;#x2019;s full-length study of \u003cem\u003eMS Junius 11\u003c\/em\u003e is a welcome addition to the body of scholarship, and it has applications for contemporary reading as well.\" - Jodi Grimes, Dallas Baptist University (\u003cem\u003eChristianity \u0026amp; Literature\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReading Old English Biblical Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e considers the Junius 11 manuscript, the only surviving illustrated book of Old English poetry, in terms of its earliest readers and their multiple strategies of reading and making meaning. Junius 11 begins with the Creation story and ends with the final vanquishing of Satan by Jesus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe study is framed by particular attention to the materiality of the manuscript and how that might have informed its early reception, and it broadens considerations of reading beyond those of the manuscript\u0026amp;#x2019;s compiler and possible patron. As a book, Junius 11 reflects a rich and varied culture of reading that existed in and beyond houses of God in England in the tenth and eleventh centuries, and it points to readers who had enough experience to select and find wisdom, narrative pleasure, and a diversity of other things within this orany book\u0026amp;#x2019;s contents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Reading \u003cem\u003eJunius 11\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Thrice-Told Tale\u003cbr\u003e2. Seeing and Believing in Daniel and Genesis B\u003cbr\u003e3. Boceras and Exodus\u003cbr\u003e4. Wisdom Literature at the Back of the Book\u003cbr\u003e5. The Book in the Library\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595481739544,"sku":"9781487507466","price":35.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reading-old-english-biblical-poetry-the-book-and-the-poem-in-junius-11-hardback-9781487507466","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}