Authors, audiences, and Old English verse / / Thomas A. Bredehoft
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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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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1-4426-9842-X |
| 1-4426-9841-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791660403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; ; 5.