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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9781442698413

Content: 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.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , Bibliographic Note -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction: Authorship and Anonymity in Old English Verse -- , 1. Manuscript Audiences and Other Audiences -- , 2. The Audience for Saxon Songs in the Late Ninth Century -- , 3. Literate Poetic Composition in Tenth-Century Classical Poems -- , 4. What Has Ælfric to Do with Maldon? -- , 5. Eleventh-Century Traditions of Formulaic Composition -- , 6. Conclusion -- , Appendix. Two Unrecognized Late Old English Poems -- , Bibliography -- , Index -- , Backmatter

Language: English

DOI: 10.3138/9781442698413

URL: https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442698413

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Format: 1 online resource (258 pages) : , illustrations, tables.

ISBN: 9781442698413 (e-book)

Series Statement: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series ; 5

Additional Edition: Print version: Bredehoft, Thomas A. Authors, audiences, and Old English verse. Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, c2009 ISBN 9780802099457

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

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Format: 1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-4426-9842-X , 1-4426-9841-1

Series Statement: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series ; 5

Content: 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.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , 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. , Issued also in print. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8020-9945-9

Language: English

DOI: 10.3138/9781442698413