 | Stealing Obedience: Narratives of Agency and Identity in Later Anglo-Saxon England Subjects: Wulfstan of Winchester fl. 1000. Life of St. Aethelwold; English literature -- Old English ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism; Obedience in literature; Agent (Philosophy) in literature; Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature; Stealing Obedience explores how a Christian notion of agent action - where freedom incurs responsibility - was a component of identity in the last hundred years of Anglo-Saxon England, and investigates where agency (in the modern sense) might be sought in these narratives. O'Brien O'Keeffe Katherine : Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe is a professor in the Department of English and the director of the Medieval Studies Program at the University of California, Berkeley. |
