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



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Autore: Bredehoft Thomas A. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Authors, audiences, and Old English verse / / Thomas A. Bredehoft Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009
©2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
Disciplina: 829.1009
Soggetto topico: English poetry - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism
English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Versification
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Authors, audiences, and Old English verse  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4426-9842-X
1-4426-9841-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910813255503321
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Serie: Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; ; 5.