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Signs That Sing : Hybrid Poetics in Old English Verse.

Maring, Heather.

Signs That Sing : Hybrid Poetics in Old English Verse. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (235 pages)

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Citations -- Introduction -- 1. Hybrid Poetics in Old English Verse -- 2. Metonymy, Gifre, Grædig, and a Devouring-the-Dead Theme -- 3. A Lord-Retainer Theme -- 4. Refiguring Hybrid Oral-Literate Signs -- 5. Bright Voice of Praise: An Old English Poet-Patron Theme -- 6. A Sea Voyage in The Dream of the Rood -- 7. Signifying the Coming of Christ in The Advent Lyrics -- Afterword: Signs That Sing -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.

9780813052922


English poetry--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism.


Electronic books.

PR201.M375 2017eb

829.1

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