The Body and Mind

Given the anthropocentric view of the world that the preceding analyses of object-construction and physical constriction have made evident, it is unsurprising that such imagery is also applied to the internal ties governing human life. Like objects whose structural bonds hold them together, the body...

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Published inWeaving Words and Binding Bodies pp. 195 - 230
Main Author Cavell, Megan
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Toronto University of Toronto Press 07.04.2016
Subjects
Afterlife
Age
Anatomy
Arts
Biological sciences
Biology
Biometrics
Biostatistics
Body tissues
Concept of mind
Connective tissues
Consciousness theory
Correctional institutions
Correctional system
Criminal justice
Criminal law
Diseases
Doctrinal theology
Eschatology
Health care industry
Health information
Health sciences
Hell
Human physical characteristics
Language
Language acts
Law
Lexicology
Linguistics
Literary genres
Literature
Medical conditions
Metaphysics
Monopsychism
Philosophy
Philosophy of mind
Phrasemes
Phraseology
Poetry
Prisons
Religion
Religious poetry
Riddles
Sinew
Soul
Systematic theology
Textual collocation
Theology
Wordplay
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Summary:Given the anthropocentric view of the world that the preceding analyses of object-construction and physical constriction have made evident, it is unsurprising that such imagery is also applied to the internal ties governing human life. Like objects whose structural bonds hold them together, the body itself is imagined as an interwoven entity in Old English. Never simply a lump of flesh, bodies are depicted as systems of connected muscles, joints, and bones, prompting Raymond P. Tripp, Jr to coin the term “knot-body.”¹ Tripp addresses the multiple ways in which bonds and binding are applied withinBeowulf, evoking the work of
ISBN:9781442637221
1442637226
DOI:10.3138/9781442624894-011