Mac ond Mauris in Old English Rhymed and Alliterative Verse

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English, Old English Pages 108 Year 1992

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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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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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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