The expression of emotional distress in Old English prose and verse

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Sep 1995 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, volume 19, pages 327-338 (issn: 0165-005X, eissn: 1573-076X,

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Authors: S, Nicholson;

doi: 10.1007/bf01381916

pmid: 8529392

The expression of emotional distress in Old English prose and verse

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Abstract

The Old English elegies and Alfred's translation of De Consolatione Philosophiae were examined for the presence of abstract nouns denoting adverse mood states. Large numbers of these nouns were discovered and grouped into five categories. This counters the arguments of those who believe the Anglo-Saxons expressed negative emotions chiefly in somatic terms.

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St Lawrence Hospital
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Keywords

Male, Cultural Characteristics, Medicine in Literature, Poetry as Topic, Semantics, England, Humans, Female, Affective Symptoms, Somatoform Disorders

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