Emotional Practice in Old English Literature

An examination of how emotions were practised and performed through Old English texts. Scholarship is increasingly interested in investigating concepts of emotion found in Old English literature. This study takes the next step, arguing that both heroic and religious texts were vehicles for emotional practice - that is, for doing things with emotion. Using case studies from heroic poetry ( Beowulf , The Battle of Brunanburh and The Battle of Maldon ), religious poetry ( Christ I and Christ III )