Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Native Foreigners: Migrating Seabirds and the Pelagic Soul in The Seafarer
- 2 Avian Pedagogies: Wondering with Birds in the Exeter Book Riddles
- 3 A Bird's Worth: Mis-Representing Owls in The Owl and the Nightingale
- 4 ‘Kek Kek’: Translating Birds in The Parliament of Fowls
- 5 Birds’ Form: Enabling Desire and Identities in Confessio Amantis
- Epilogue
- Glossary: Old and Middle English Bird Names
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Native Foreigners: Migrating Seabirds and the Pelagic Soul in The Seafarer
- 2 Avian Pedagogies: Wondering with Birds in the Exeter Book Riddles
- 3 A Bird's Worth: Mis-Representing Owls in The Owl and the Nightingale
- 4 ‘Kek Kek’: Translating Birds in The Parliament of Fowls
- 5 Birds’ Form: Enabling Desire and Identities in Confessio Amantis
- Epilogue
- Glossary: Old and Middle English Bird Names
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Birds in Medieval English PoetryMetaphors, Realities, Transformations, pp. vPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2018