Authors, audiences, and Old English verse

Authors, audiences, and Old English verse

by Bredehoft, Thomas A.

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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.

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  • Full title :Authors, audiences, and Old English verse / Thomas A. Bredehoft.

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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.

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  • Publication Date:©2009

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  • Description:1 online resource (xviii, 237 pages).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781442698413, 1442698411
  • oclc:ocn707712873
  • LC Classification:PE257
  • Dewey Decimal:829/.1009

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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Subjects

Anglais (Langue) -- Versification. -- c… Criticism, interpretation, etc English language -- Old English English language -- Versification. -- O… English poetry -- History and criticism… English poetry -- Old English LITERARY CRITICISM -- European LITERARY CRITICISM -- Medieval Poésie anglaise -- Histoire et critique…

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Bredehoft, Thomas A.

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