Anglo-Saxon Psychologies in the Vernacular and Latin Traditions

by Leslie Lockett

Book Overview

Old English verse and prose depict the human mind as a corporeal entity located in the chest cavity, susceptible to spatial and thermal changes corresponding to the psychological states: it was thought that emotions such as rage, grief, and yearning could cause the contents of the chest to grow warm, boil, or be constricted by pressure. While readers usually assume the metaphorical nature of such literary images, Leslie Lockett, in Anglo-Saxon...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487522282
• ISBN13: 9781487522285
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher