{"product_id":"weaving-words-and-binding-bodies","title":"Weaving Words and Binding Bodies","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\n\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\n","brand":"By Megan Cavell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43575404200118,"sku":"9781442637221","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781442637221_dd240826-64ff-4fe5-98c4-13e8fa89970c.jpg?v=1727458176","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/weaving-words-and-binding-bodies","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}