Eleanor Parker (2) (1986–)
Auteur van Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year
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- Geboortedatum
- 1986
- Geslacht
- female
- Beroepen
- Lecturer (Medieval English Literature), University of Oxford
- Organisaties
- Brasenose College, Oxford
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Winters in the World: A Journey through the… door Eleanor Parker
Turns out it's a lot about poetry, which is not my cup of tea. Right book, wrong reader.
Did not finish as insufficiently engaging and too specialist for me.
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CarltonC | 2 andere besprekingen | Jul 6, 2023 |
CarltonC | 2 andere besprekingen | Jul 6, 2023 | 
An example of a "it's not you, it's me" kind of book reaction: I thought I'd picked up a book that would have more to say about the history of Viking raids in England, daily life in the Danelaw, and so on, and what Eleanor Parker actually wrote was a book that is more about later medieval English literary use/memorialisation of the figure of the Viking raider/Danish invader. Parker clearly knows the sources very well, but I can't say that the writing was strong enough to reinforce my waning interest in the book as I read.… (meer)
I found it impossible to engage in this book given the short time allowed by the library to read it through interlibrary loan so will try again next year.
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