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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bredehoft, Thomas A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2009
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
English poetry > Old English.
English language > Old English > Versification.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Anglais (Langue) > ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) > Versification.
Poesie anglaise > ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) > Histoire et critique.
English language > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > Versification.
English poetry > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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