Sarah Larratt Keefer

Psalm-Poem and Psalter-Glosses

The Latin and Old English Psalter-Text Background to "Kentish Psalm 50"

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Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive study explores the relationship between Old English translations of Latin psalters and a unique Old English verse paraphrase of psalm 50 containing Latin psalm-verses in its text. A date and place of composition for the "Kentish Psalm 50" can be proposed by comparing it with the vernacular vocabulary of the glossed psalter versions of psalm 50. Discussion of the Latin psalter-texts of psalm 50, the poem in its manuscript, the liturgical tradition of penance behind this psalm, and the lexical comparison present new insight into the writing of liturgical verse like "Kentish Psalm 50".

Produktdetails

• American University Studies 95
• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 61479
• Neuausg.
• Seitenzahl: 177
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 400g
• ISBN-13: 9780820414799
• ISBN-10: 0820414794
• Artikelnr.: 24556562

Autorenporträt

The Author: Sarah Larratt Keefer attended the University of Toronto, where she received the Governor-General's Medal for St. Hilda's College in 1973. She was awarded three Canada Council Doctoral Fellowships, and completed her Toronto Ph.D. with the late Angus F. Cameron. Her first book, The Old English Metrical Psalter: An Annotated Set of Collation Lists with the Psalter-Glosses appeared in 1979, and she has published articles on Old English in England, Europe and the U.S. Dr. Keefer has taught English at Trent University (Canada) since 1984, where she is presently a Research Associate holding an S.S.H.R.C. Research Grant to compile a database and Directory of individual liturgical sources in Old English verse.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: The composition of "Kentish Psalm 50" is explored by comparing pertinent parts of its Latin and Old English vocabulary with the text and lexicon found in the extant English glossed psalters.