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Verse and Virtuosity : The Adaptation of Latin Rhetoric in Old English Poetry.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (253 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442689572
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Verse and VirtuosityDDC classification:
  • 821/.109142
LOC classification:
  • PR203.S74 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Knowledge of Rhetoric in Anglo-Saxon England -- 2 The Patterns of Latin and Vernacular Verse -- 3 The Figure of The Phoenix -- 4 A Dead End? Judgment Day II -- 5 Through the Looking-Glass: Riddles 35 and 40 -- 6 The Verse and Virtuosity of Cynewulf -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: 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.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Knowledge of Rhetoric in Anglo-Saxon England -- 2 The Patterns of Latin and Vernacular Verse -- 3 The Figure of The Phoenix -- 4 A Dead End? Judgment Day II -- 5 Through the Looking-Glass: Riddles 35 and 40 -- 6 The Verse and Virtuosity of Cynewulf -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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