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Becoming a poet in Anglo-Saxon England /

"Combining historical, literary and linguistic evidence from Old English and Latin, Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England creates a new, more complete picture of who and what pre-Conquest English poets really were. It includes a study of Anglo-Saxon words for 'poet' and the first lis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thornbury, Emily Victoria, 1977- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Colección:Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 88.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: how can we know about Anglo-Saxon poets?
  • 1. What was a poet?
  • 2. Who became poets?
  • 3. The poet in the community
  • 4. The poet alone
  • 5. Spectral communities
  • Afterword: a way of happening
  • Appendix I.A handlist of named authors of Old English or Latin verse in Anglo-Saxon England
  • Appendix II. Skalds working in Anglo-Saxon England.