The Aesthetics of Nostalgia: Historical Representation in Old English Verse 0802099718, 9780802099716, 1487521537, 9781487521530

The Aesthetics of Nostalgia: Historical Representation in Old English Verse 0802099718, 9780802099716, 1487521537, 9781487521530

Heroic poetry was central to the construction of Anglo-Saxon values, beliefs, and community identity and its subject mat

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The Aesthetics of Nostalgia: Historical Representation in Old English Verse 9781442697935

Aesthetics of Nostalgia reads Anglo-Saxon historical verse in terms of how its aesthetic form interacted with the cultur

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God's Exiles and English Verse: On the Exeter Anthology of Old English Verse 190581609X, 9781905816095

This is the first integrative, historically grounded book to be written about the Exeter Book of Old English poetry. By

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Authors, Audiences, and Old English Verse 9781442698413

Authors, Audiences, and Old English Verse re-examines the Anglo-Saxon poetic tradition from the eighth to the eleventh c

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Old English Verse Saints Lives 9781442678057

The consistency with which these patterns appear sheds new light on the conventions of Old English poetic hagiography.

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Visible Song: Transitional Literacy in Old English Verse 9780521375504, 0521375509

This book throws light on the debate about the 'orality' or 'literacy' of Old English verse, whether

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Mac ond Mauris in Old English Rhymed and Alliterative Verse

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Verse and Virtuosity: The Adaptation of Latin Rhetoric in Old English Poetry 0802091571, 9780802091574

While there is little evidence of formal rhetorical instruction in Anglo-Saxon England, traditional Old English poetry c

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Verse and Virtuosity: The Adaptation of Latin Rhetoric in Old English Poetry 0802091571, 9780802091574

While there is little evidence of formal rhetorical instruction in Anglo-Saxon England, traditional Old English poetry c

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Revising Oral Theory: Formulaic Composition in Old English and Old Icelandic Verse 0815331029, 9781317944645, 131794464X

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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