<i>Tearas Feollon</i>: Tears and Weeping in Old English Literature

This contribution surveys the range of images of weeping in Old English literature, concentrating particularly on weeping due to suffering, grief and unhappiness, and on tears of compunction, but examining other types of weeping as well, including supplicatory and sympathetic weeping (these latter a...

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Main Author: Hugh Magennis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
Series:Humanities
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/11/2/54