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Verse and virtuosity

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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.

Title Verse and virtuosity : the adaptation of Latin rhetoric in Old English poetry / Janie Steen.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Toronto, [Ontario]
Buffalo, [New York]
London, [England] : University of Toronto Press
Creation Date 2008
Notes Issued also in print.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content 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.
Series Toronto Old English Series
18
Extent 1 online resource (253 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2008
National Library system number 997010704742505171
MARC RECORDS
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