Outlawry, Liminality, and Sanctity in the Literature of the Early Medieval North Atlantic

This book demonstrates how qualities and activities first associated with outlaws were repurposed to depict other transgressive figures in early medieval English, Irish, and Icelandic literature, and their travel throughout the archipelago used to convey moral instruction.

Auteur

Dr. Jeremy DeAngelo, postdoctoral fellow, Rutgers University's Center for Cultural Analysis. Recent publications in Anglo-Saxon England ("Discretio spirituum and The Whale") and Scandinavian Studies ("The North and the Depiction of the Finnar in the Icelandic Sagas")

Contenu

AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1: Outlawry and Liminality in the North AtlanticChapter 2: Imitating Exile in Early Medieval Ireland Chapter 3: Lessons of Conduct in Anglo-Saxon EnglandChapter 4: The Transgressive HeroChapter 5: Cultural Exchane in the Far NorthChapter 6: Transgression in Transition after the Norman ConquestBibliography