Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. ABBREVIATIONS ix
5. NOTES ON EDITIONS xi
6. Introduction 1
7. Roberta Frank: Bibliography, 1970–2003 5
8. Part I — On Words
9. 1. Early Medieval Chaos 15
10. 2. Composing and Joining: How the Anglo-Saxons Talked about Compounding 39
11. 3. Cennan, 'to cause to be born'/ 'to cause to know': Incarnation as Revelation in Old English Literature 55
12. 4. Pride, Courage, and Anger: The Polysemousness of Old English Mōd 77
13. Part II — On Anglo-Latin and Old English Prose
14. 5. Desipere in loco: Style, Memory, and the Teachable Moment 91
15. 6. Courtroom Drama and the Homiletic Monologues of The Vercelli Book 105
16. Part III — On Old English Poetry
17. 7. 'Him þæs grim lean becom': The Theme of Infertility in Genesis A 127
18. 8. Odd Characters: Runes in Old English Poetry 145
19. 9. The Education of Beowulf and the Affair of the Leisure Class 163
20. 10. Articulate Contact in Juliana 183
21. Part IV — On Old Norse Literature
22. 11. The Refracted Beam: Einarr Skúlason's Liturgical Theology 203
23. 12. Beardless Wonders: 'Gaman vas Sǫxu (The Sex Was Great) 223
24. 13. Prophetic Dreams and Visions in the Sagas of the Early Icelandic Saints 14. Claiming Kin Skaldic-Style 269 Russell Poole 247
25. 14. Claiming Kin Skaldic-Style 269
26. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 285
27. INDEX 287