Emotional Communities in Ælfric’s Maccabees
The present article studies Ælfric of Eynsham’s homily based on the biblical books of Maccabees. It uses Barbara H. Rosenwein’s concept of an “emotional community” to elucidate Ælfric’s treatment of anger and violence in the process of adapting the biblical source in his Old English homily. His p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institute of English Studies
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies |
| Online Access: | http://www.anglica.ia.uw.edu.pl/images/pdf/27-1-articles/Anglica-27-1-1-Olesiejko.pdf |
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| Summary: | The present article studies Ælfric of Eynsham’s homily based on the biblical books of
Maccabees. It uses Barbara H. Rosenwein’s concept of an “emotional community” to
elucidate Ælfric’s treatment of anger and violence in the process of adapting the biblical
source in his Old English homily. His presentation and characterisation of characters
draws upon the hagiographic technique of polarisation. He makes vivid contrast between
fury-driven persecutors and the just Hebrew, whose conduct is a commendable example of
self-master over emotion. The argument of the article is that Ælfric handles his representation
of anger and violence to enhance the figurative, tropolotical exposition of the homily. |
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| ISSN: | 0860-5734 0860-5734 |