Cognitive approaches to early medieval texts have tended to focus on the mind in isolation. By examining the interplay between mental and physical acts deployed

An examination of how emotions were practised and performed through Old English texts.Scholarship is increasingly interested in investigating concepts of emotio

In the burgeoning field of cognitive studies in Anglo-Saxon literature, criticism has tended to focus on the mind in isolation. This book offers a new look at t

This updated edition has been thoroughly revised to take account of recent scholarship and includes five new chapters.

Recognizing the dramatic changes in Old English studies over the past generation, this up-to-date anthology gathers twenty-one outstanding contemporary critical