THE EXPRESSION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS IN OLD-ENGLISH PROSE AND VERSE

Authors
NICHOLSON S
Citation
S. Nicholson, THE EXPRESSION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS IN OLD-ENGLISH PROSE AND VERSE, Culture, medicine and psychiatry, 19(3), 1995, pp. 327-338
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
Culture, medicine and psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
0165005X
Volume
19
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
327 - 338
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-005X(1995)19:3<327:TEOEDI>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The Old English elegies and Alfred's translation of De Consolatione Ph ilosophiae were examined for the presence of abstract nouns denoting a dverse mood states. Large numbers of these nouns were discovered and g rouped into five categories. This counters the arguments of those who believe the Anglo-Saxons expressed negative emotions chiefly in somati c terms.