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UNINA9910791660403321 |
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Autore |
Bredehoft Thomas A. |
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Titolo |
Authors, audiences, and Old English verse / / Thomas A. Bredehoft |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 |
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©2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-9842-X |
1-4426-9841-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (258 p.) |
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Collana |
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Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series ; ; 5 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English poetry - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism |
English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Versification |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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