| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 237 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Toronto Anglo-Saxon series
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Toronto Anglo-Saxon series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English poetry -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism.
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English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Versification.
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English language -- Old English -- Versification. |
| Chronological Term |
450-1100 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780802099457 |
| ISBN |
9781442698413 (electronic book) |
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1442698411 (electronic book) |
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9780802099457 (bound) |
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