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Preaching the converted : the style and rhetoric of the Vercelli Book Homilies / / Samantha Zacher
| Preaching the converted : the style and rhetoric of the Vercelli Book Homilies / / Samantha Zacher |
| Autore | Zacher Samantha <1973-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
| Disciplina | 829/.8009 |
| Collana | Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series |
| Soggetto topico |
English prose literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Criticism, Textual
Sermons, English (Old) - Criticism, Textual |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4426-8885-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- List of Manuscripts Cited According to Scragg's Sigla -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1. Locating the Vercelli Homilies: Their Place in the Book, and the Book in Its Place -- 2. Reinventing the Past: Originality and the Vercelli Homilies -- 3. Seeing Double: The Repetition of Themes and Text in the Vercelli Book -- 4. 'Where Are They Now?': The Sources and Techniques of Adaptation and Compilation in the Vercelli Book -- 5. The 'Body and Soul' of the Vercelli Book: The Heart of the Corpus -- 6. 'For the Sake of Beauty and Utility': The Place of Figurative Language in the Vercelli Homilies -- 7. At a Crossroads: Generic Ambiguity in the Guthlac Narrative of the Vercelli Book -- 8. Conclusion: Rhetorical Models and Modes of Style -- Appendix 1: The Contents of the Vercelli Homilies and Relevant Variant Texts -- Appendix 2: Divisions in the Vercelli Book -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Passages Cited -- Backmatter |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456823003321 |
Zacher Samantha <1973->
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| Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Preaching the converted : the style and rhetoric of the Vercelli Book Homilies / / Samantha Zacher
| Preaching the converted : the style and rhetoric of the Vercelli Book Homilies / / Samantha Zacher |
| Autore | Zacher Samantha <1973-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
| Disciplina | 829/.8009 |
| Collana | Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series |
| Soggetto topico |
English prose literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Criticism, Textual
Sermons, English (Old) - Criticism, Textual |
| ISBN |
1-4426-9131-X
1-4426-8885-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Locating the Vercelli Homilies: Their Place in the Book, and the Book in Its Place -- 2. Reinventing the Past: Originality and the Vercelli Homilies -- 3. Seeing Double: The Repetition of Themes and Text in the Vercelli Book -- 4. 'Where Are They Now?': The Sources and Techniques of Adaptation and Compilation in the Vercelli Book -- 5. 'Body and Soul' of the Vercelli Book: The Heart of the Corpus -- 6. 'For the Sake of Beauty and Utility': The Place of Figurative Language in the Vercelli Homilies -- 7. At a Crossroads: Generic Ambiguity in the Guthlac Narrative of the Vercelli Book -- 8. Conclusion: Rhetorical Models and Modes of Style -- Appendix 1. Contents of the Vercelli Homilies and Relevant Variant Texts -- Appendix 2. Divisions in the Vercelli Book. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781114803321 |
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Zacher Samantha <1973->
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| Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Preaching the converted : the style and rhetoric of the Vercelli Book Homilies / / Samantha Zacher
| Preaching the converted : the style and rhetoric of the Vercelli Book Homilies / / Samantha Zacher |
| Autore | Zacher Samantha <1973-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
| Disciplina | 829/.8009 |
| Collana | Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series |
| Soggetto topico |
English prose literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Criticism, Textual
Sermons, English (Old) - Criticism, Textual |
| ISBN |
1-4426-9131-X
1-4426-8885-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Locating the Vercelli Homilies: Their Place in the Book, and the Book in Its Place -- 2. Reinventing the Past: Originality and the Vercelli Homilies -- 3. Seeing Double: The Repetition of Themes and Text in the Vercelli Book -- 4. 'Where Are They Now?': The Sources and Techniques of Adaptation and Compilation in the Vercelli Book -- 5. 'Body and Soul' of the Vercelli Book: The Heart of the Corpus -- 6. 'For the Sake of Beauty and Utility': The Place of Figurative Language in the Vercelli Homilies -- 7. At a Crossroads: Generic Ambiguity in the Guthlac Narrative of the Vercelli Book -- 8. Conclusion: Rhetorical Models and Modes of Style -- Appendix 1. Contents of the Vercelli Homilies and Relevant Variant Texts -- Appendix 2. Divisions in the Vercelli Book. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821442503321 |
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Zacher Samantha <1973->
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| Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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