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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bredehoft, Thomas A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2009
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 lfric to do with Maldon?
  • Eleventh-century traditions of formulaic composition
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Two unrecognized late Old English poems.