1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791660403321

Autore

Bredehoft Thomas A.

Titolo

Authors, audiences, and Old English verse / / Thomas A. Bredehoft

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-4426-9842-X

1-4426-9841-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series ; ; 5

Disciplina

829.1009

Soggetti

English poetry - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism

English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Versification

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.