Old English poetry from manuscript to message
By comparison with Latin Europe, Anglo-Saxon civilization is notable for the amount of literature preserved in contemporary manuscripts in the vernacular language, formerly called ?Anglo-Saxon? but now more usually called ?Old English?. This literature includes some remarkable poetry, which is the s...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Turnhout : Brepols,
2023
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Utrecht studies in medieval literacy
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Utrecht studies in medieval literacy |
| Umfang: | XVIII, 398 Seiten |
| Zusammenfassung: | By comparison with Latin Europe, Anglo-Saxon civilization is notable for the amount of literature preserved in contemporary manuscripts in the vernacular language, formerly called ?Anglo-Saxon? but now more usually called ?Old English?. This literature includes some remarkable poetry, which is the subject of the present collection of essays. Some of the earliest poems may well have been written at a time when Northern England held the intellectual leadership of Europe. 00The approach is holistic, investigating important issues in the manuscripts that affect the integrity of the texts to be studied or the way they relate to each other, examining metrical issues that affect the way the poems are appreciated for their compositional skill, studying particular textual problems that require elucidation or even emendation to make the meaning clear, and finally offering readings of particular poems focussing on themes that are central to Old English poetry. A postscript examines Lewis Carroll's 'Jabberwocky', which is presented as a 'Stanza of Anglo-Saxon Poetry' |
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| Beschreibung: | XVIII, 398 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9782503600314 250360031X |