&lt;i&gt;Spolia&lt;/i&gt;-Inflected Poetics of the Old English &lt;i&gt;Andreas&lt;/i&gt;
Denis Ferhatović
Throughout this essay, I focus on the spolium, a fragment charged with meaning that crosses several boundaries, in order to illuminate poetics of notoriously idiosyncratic Anglo-Saxon text, poem now called Andreas. After short introduction literal and metaphorical instances recycling objets d'art early Middle Ages, Continent, England, discuss detail two episodes Andreas which animated artifacts appear as both results participants spoliation—the angel sculpture from temple set motion by Jesus water-issuing marble column Mermedonian dungeon activated Andrew.
Studies in Philology