TY  - BOOK
AU  - Steen,Janie
TI  - Verse and Virtuosity: The Adaptation of Latin Rhetoric in Old English Poetry
SN  - 9781442689572
AV  - PR203.S74 2008 
U1  - 821/.109142 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Toronto
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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