Garbage by Robert Maass
Representation and Design examines Old English poetry from the point of view of its interpretation, beginning with the assumption that Anglo-Saxon concepts of reading were probably very different from those that dominate our own literary culture. The book insists on the semantic interaction of representation and design, two aspects of Old English poetry that traditionally have been examined separately, and draws on Anglo-Saxon pictorial art as a model throughout. It disputes the conventional dichotomy that interpretation makes between content and form; redefines content as a particular mode of representation--a reflection of texts and ideologies; and recognizes form as complex and meaningful design so that the two no longer can be distinguished in the process of interpretation. The author examines a range of texts--Beowulf, The Wanderer, the Exeter Book riddles, manuscript illuminations, and the sculpture of the Ruthwell cross--in order to consider the place of the reader, the frame, and the past in Anglo-Saxon representation. Through this process, she traces a fluidity of signification and suggests that an Anglo-Saxon aesthetic would be both complex and enigmatic.
Robert Maass is the author of When Autumn Comes, When Winter Comes, When Spring Comes, When Summer Comes, and Tugboats. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, which since 1914 has been impressing upon young minds the importance of nature and plants, approved the text, glossary and photographs in this book. Its Children's Garden has been a model for similar gardens worldwide.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780805059519 |
| ISBN 10 | 0805059512 |
| Title | Garbage |
| Author | Robert Maass |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Henry Holt And Company |
| Year published | 2000-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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