Signs That Sing : Hybrid Poetics in Old English Verse /

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Maring considers several types of Old English verse: oral poetry, with its simultaneity of composition, dissemination, and reception and dynamic of performance; written poetry and its reliance on intertextual referencing; and liturgical works, heavily laden with Christian meaning. Maring's proj...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Maring, Heather, 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
English poetry > Old English.
English language > Old English.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Anglais (Langue) > ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais)
Poesie anglaise > ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) > Histoire et critique.
English language > Old English, ca. 450-1100.
English poetry > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Hybrid poetics in Old English verse
  • Metonymy, Gifre, grdig, and a devouring-the-dead theme
  • A lord-retainer theme
  • Refiguring hybrid oral-literate signs
  • Bright voice of praise: an Old English poet-patron theme
  • A sea voyage in the dream of the rood
  • Signifying the coming of Christ in the advent lyrics
  • Afterword: signs that sing.

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