In:
PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Modern Language Association (MLA), Vol. 81, No. 5 ( 1966-10), p. 334-341
Kurzfassung:
Perhaps the most fruitful and exciting development in Old English studies in recent years has followed from F. P. Magoun's discovery that the Parry-Lord theory of oral verse-making can be applied to Old English poetry. This theory has caught the imagination of critics and has produced a “kind of revolution in scholarly opinion” not simply because it shows us that the style of this poetry is traditional—that has been known for many years—but because it offers a new and useful way of approaching the problems raised by this style, because it provides a new way of considering some of the relations between these poems, and because it casts light on an area that we thought was forever darkened, the pre-literary history of Germanic and Old English verse.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0030-8129
,
1938-1530
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Publikationsdatum:
1966
ZDB Id:
2439580-8
ZDB Id:
209526-9
ZDB Id:
2066864-8
SSG:
7,11
SSG:
7,24
SSG:
7,12
