Charles W. Kennedy

The Earliest English Poetry

A Critical Survey of the Poetry Written before the Norman Conquest, with Illustrative Translations

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Produktbeschreibung

The Earliest English Poetry (1971) offers a critical survey of Old English poetry, that is, of the vernacular verse composed in England from the seventh century to the Norman Conquest. It is a studied reappraisal of Old English verse by the light of modern critical scholarship.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 585g
• ISBN-13: 9781032543055
• ISBN-10: 1032543051
• Artikelnr.: 71596441

Autorenporträt

Charles W. Kennedy

Inhaltsangabe

1. Germanic Tradition 2. Continental Backgrounds 3. Beowulf 4. The Elegies
5. The Riddles and Gnomic Verse 6. The Caedmonian Poems 7. The Signed Poems
of Cynewulf 8. Poetry in the Cynewulfian Manner 9. The Religious Heroic
Tale 10. Christian Allegory 11. Minor Religious Poems 12. The Historic
Battle Poems