Author: Samuel MoorePublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 155635780X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The Elements of Old English, Tenth Edition
Author: Samuel MoorePublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 155635780X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The Elements of Old English
Author: Samuel MoorePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A Guide to Old English
Author: Bruce MitchellPublisher: Oxford : B. Blackwell
ISBN:
Category : Anglo-Saxon language
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The Old English Riddles and the Riddlic Elements of Old English Poetry
Author: Rafat BoryslawskiPublisher: Peter Lang Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
"The art of posing riddles is possibly as old as mankind and spans two apparent extremes which, nevertheless, converge in the riddlic form: that of wisdom and that of play. With this perspective in mind, the author examines the poetic enigmas present in the culture of Anglo-Saxon England, exploring both the Anglo-Latin riddles of Aldhelm and those recorded in the Exeter Book. His study investigates the Old English riddlic texts from a variety of angles, arguing for the possibility of establishing patterns of Anglo-Saxon riddlic composition as such. The author intends to prove that both the Exeter collection and the Aenigmata of Aldhelm are constructed on the grounds of an identifiable structure of interrelations and interdependencies. Additionally, he argues that the riddlic mode of literary representation is also visible in other Anglo-Saxon poetic compositions. The analysis of such an assumption leads to the conclusion that the predilection for the riddle form in Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Saxon poetry results from an Old English vision of the Christian world".--BOOKJACKET.
The Athenaeum
Author: The Athenaeum
Author: Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: The Origins of Beowulf
Author: Sam NewtonPublisher: DS Brewer
ISBN: 9780859914727
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
A detailed and passionate argument suggesting that Beowulf originated in the pre-Viking kingdom of 8th-century East Anglia. Where did Beowulf, unique and thrilling example of an Old English epic poem come from? In whose hall did the poem's maker first tell the tale? The poem exists now in just one manuscript, but careful study of the literary and historical associations reveals striking details which lead Dr Newton to claim, as he pieces together the various clues, a specific origin for the poem. Dr Newton suggests that references in Beowulf to the heroes whose names are listed in Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies indicate that such Northern dynastic concerns are most likely to have been fostered in the kingdom of East Anglia. He supports his thesis with evidence drawn from East Anglianarchaeology, hagiography and folklore. His argument, detailed and passionate, offers the exciting possibility that he has discovered the lost origins of the poem in the pre-Viking kingdom of 8th-century East Anglia. SAMNEWTON was awarded his Ph.D. for work on Beowulf.
The Athenæum
Author: The Thorney Liber Vitae
Author: Cecily ClarkPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783270101
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
First printed edition, with facsimile and studies, of a significant manuscript from medieval England.