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Authors, audiences, and Old English verse

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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.

Title Authors, audiences, and Old English verse / Thomas A. Bredehoft.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Toronto, [Ontario]
Buffalo, [New York]
London, [England] : University of Toronto Press
Creation Date 2009
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Issued also in print.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content 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.
Series Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series
5
Extent 1 online resource (258 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2009
National Library system number 997010712873205171
MARC RECORDS
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