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Format: 1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-4426-9130-1 , 1-4426-8957-9

Series Statement: Toronto Old English Series ; 18

Content: With its wide-ranging discussion of texts and rhetorical figures, this book can serve as an introduction to Old English poetic composition and style. Verse and Virtuosity, will be of considerable interest to Anglo-Saxonists, linguists, and those studying rhetorical traditions.

Note: Knowledge of rhetoric in Anglo-Saxon England -- The patterns of Latin and vernacular verse -- The figure of The phoenix -- A dead end? : Judgment day II -- Through the looking-glass : Riddles 35 and 40 -- The verse and virtuosity of Cynewulf. , Issued also in print. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8020-9157-1

Language: English

Keywords: Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Electronic books. ; Criticism, interpretation, etc. ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books.

DOI: 10.3138/9781442689572

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UID:

Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9781442689572

Content: With its wide-ranging discussion of texts and rhetorical figures, this book can serve as an introduction to Old English poetic composition and style. Verse and Virtuosity, will be of considerable interest to Anglo-Saxonists, linguists, and those studying rhetorical traditions.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Abbreviations -- , Introduction -- , 1. Knowledge of Rhetoric in Anglo-Saxon England -- , 2. The Patterns of Latin and Vernacular Verse -- , 3. The Figure of The Phoenix -- , 4. A Dead End? Judgment Day II -- , 5. Through the Looking-Glass: Riddles 35 and 40 -- , 6. The Verse and Virtuosity of Cynewulf -- , Conclusion -- , Notes -- , Bibliography -- , Index -- , Backmatter

Language: English

DOI: 10.3138/9781442689572

URL: https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442689572

URL: https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442689572