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Originally published in 1977, Old English and Middle English Poetry provides a historical approach to English poetry. The book examines the conditions out of which poetry grew and argues that the functions that it was assigned are historically integral to an informed understanding of the nature of poetry. The book aims to relate poems to the intellectual and formal traditions by which they are shaped and given their being. This book will be of interest to students and academics studying or working in the fields of literature and history alike.


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  • Author : Derek Pearsall
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Genre : Literary Criticism
  • Total Pages : 369 pages
  • ISBN : 0429578148
  • PDF File Size : 35,8 Mb
  • Language : English
  • Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews

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Old English and Middle English Poetry

Old English and Middle English Poetry
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 38,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 27 June 2019
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Originally published in 1977, Old English and Middle English Poetry provides a historical approach to English poetry. The book examines the conditions out of which poetry grew and argues that the

Old English and Middle English Poetry

Old English and Middle English Poetry
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 27,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 27 June 2019
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Originally published in 1977, Old English and Middle English Poetry provides a historical approach to English poetry. The book examines the conditions out of which poetry grew and argues that the

English Alliterative Verse

English Alliterative Verse
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • File Size : 21,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 27 October 2016
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A revisionary account of the 900-year-long history of a major poetic tradition, explored through metrics and literary history.

The Complete Old English Poems

The Complete Old English Poems
  • Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
  • File Size : 37,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 31 January 2017
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From the riddling song of a bawdy onion that moves between kitchen and bedroom to the thrilling account of Beowulf's battle with a treasure-hoarding dragon, from the heart-rending lament of

Old English Poetry: An Anthology

Old English Poetry: An Anthology
  • Publisher : Broadview Press
  • File Size : 51,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 26 March 2014
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R.M. Liuzza’s Broadview edition of Beowulf was published at almost exactly the same time as Seamus Heaney’s; in reviewing the two together in July 2000 for The New

The Life of the Mind in Old English Poetry

The Life of the Mind in Old English Poetry
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • File Size : 40,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 15 November 2021
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Ideas about the human mind are culturally specific and over time vary in form and prominence. The Life of the Mind in Old English Poetry presents the first extensive exploration

The Language of Old and Middle English Poetry

The Language of Old and Middle English Poetry
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • File Size : 26,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 12 April 1996
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This book gives a linguistic overview of the first eight centuries of English poetry - years which produced such key works as Beowulf, Layaman's Brut and Sir Gawain and the

Thought and Action in Old English Poetry and Prose

Thought and Action in Old English Poetry and Prose
  • Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
  • File Size : 47,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 31 December 2023
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Cognitive approaches to early medieval texts have tended to focus on the mind in isolation. By examining the interplay between mental and physical acts deployed in Old English poetry and

The Gaelic Background of Old English Poetry before Bede

The Gaelic Background of Old English Poetry before Bede
  • Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
  • File Size : 29,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 19 January 2022
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Seventh-century Gaelic law-tracts delineate professional poets (filid) who earned high social status through formal training. These poets cooperated with the Church to create an innovative bilingual intellectual culture in Old