LEADER 04187nam 2200673 450 001 9910456823003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-8885-8 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442688858 035 $a(CKB)2550000000019326 035 $a(OCoLC)635461327 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10382292 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000478700 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11291466 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478700 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10434827 035 $a(PQKB)11471286 035 $a(CaPaEBR)430837 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00224298 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3268503 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672653 035 $a(DE-B1597)465289 035 $a(OCoLC)1013949180 035 $a(OCoLC)944176143 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442688858 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672653 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258309 035 $a(OCoLC)958572488 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000019326 100 $a20160923h20092009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPreaching the converted $ethe style and rhetoric of the Vercelli Book Homilies /$fSamantha Zacher 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2009. 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (378 p.) 225 1 $aToronto Anglo-Saxon Series ;$v1 311 $a0-8020-9158-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $tList of Manuscripts Cited According to Scragg's Sigla -- $tList of Tables -- $tPreface -- $t1. Locating the Vercelli Homilies: Their Place in the Book, and the Book in Its Place -- $t2. Reinventing the Past: Originality and the Vercelli Homilies -- $t3. Seeing Double: The Repetition of Themes and Text in the Vercelli Book -- $t4. 'Where Are They Now?': The Sources and Techniques of Adaptation and Compilation in the Vercelli Book -- $t5. The 'Body and Soul' of the Vercelli Book: The Heart of the Corpus -- $t6. 'For the Sake of Beauty and Utility': The Place of Figurative Language in the Vercelli Homilies -- $t7. At a Crossroads: Generic Ambiguity in the Guthlac Narrative of the Vercelli Book -- $t8. Conclusion: Rhetorical Models and Modes of Style -- $tAppendix 1: The Contents of the Vercelli Homilies and Relevant Variant Texts -- $tAppendix 2: Divisions in the Vercelli Book -- $tBibliography -- $tGeneral Index -- $tIndex of Passages Cited -- $tBackmatter 330 $aThe Vercelli Book is one of the oldest surviving collections of Old English homilies and poems, compiled in England in the tenth century. Preaching the Converted provides a sustained literary analysis of the book's prose homilies and demonstrates that they employ rhetorical techniques commonly associated with vernacular verse. The study argues that the dazzling textual complexity of these homilies rivals the most accomplished examples of Old English poetry.Highlighting the use of word play, verbal and structural repetition, elaborate catalogues, and figurative language, Samantha Zacher's study of the Vercelli Book fills a gap in the history of English preaching by foregrounding the significance of these prose homilies as an intermediary form. Also analyzing the Latin and vernacular sources behind the Vercelli texts to reveal the theological and formal interests informing the collection as a whole, Preaching the Converted is a rigorous examination of Old English homiletic rhetoric and poetics. 410 0$aToronto Anglo-Saxon series ;$v1. 606 $aEnglish prose literature$yOld English, ca. 450-1100$xCriticism, Textual 606 $aSermons, English (Old)$xCriticism, Textual 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish prose literature$xCriticism, Textual. 615 0$aSermons, English (Old)$xCriticism, Textual. 676 $a829/.8009 700 $aZacher$b Samantha$f1973-$0990087 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456823003321 996 $aPreaching the converted$92264614 997 $aUNINA