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This is the first integrative, historically grounded book to be written about the Exeter Book of Old English poetry. By
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This book throws light on the debate about the 'orality' or 'literacy' of Old English verse, whether
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First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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In this fascinating study, Geoffrey Russom traces the evolution of the major English poetic traditions by reference to t
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While there is little evidence of formal rhetorical instruction in Anglo-Saxon England, traditional Old English poetry c
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Heroic poetry was central to the construction of Anglo-Saxon values, beliefs, and community identity and its subject mat
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The Old English Boethius boldly refashions in Anglo-Saxon guise a great literary monument of the late-antique world, The
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The poetry we call "alliterative" is recorded in English from the seventh century until the sixteenth, and inc
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