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Authors, audiences, and Old English verse /

Authors, Audiences, and Old English Verse re-examines the Anglo-Saxon poetic tradition from the eighth to the eleventh centuries and reconsiders the significance of formulaic parallels and the nature of poetic authorship in Old English.

Основен автор: Bredehoft, Thomas A.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ℗♭2009
Серия: Toronto Anglo-Saxon series.
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Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=682738
Съдържание:
  • Introduction: Authorship and anonymity in Old English verse
  • Manuscript audiences and other audiences
  • The audience for Saxon songs in the late ninth century
  • Literate poetic composition in tenth-century classical poems
  • What has ℗Łlfric to do with Maldon?
  • Eleventh-century traditions of formulaic composition
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Two unrecognized late Old English poems.