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

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 9781442689572

With its wide-ranging discussion of texts and rhetorical figures, this book can serve as an introduction to Old English

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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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Sources and Analogues of Old English Poetry: The Major Latin Texts in Translation [1] 085991013X, 9780859910132

This book is now a standard reference work for students of Old English, since it covers all the important Latin material

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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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Mac ond Mauris in Old English Rhymed and Alliterative Verse

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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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The Art and Background of Old English Poetry 0713161000, 9780713161007

This book claims to be concerned with Old English poetry in its social context. The first half considers the relationshi

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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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Companion to Old English Poetry

This companion contains original essays by scholars in Britain, the United States, Canada and the Netherlands. In additi

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