Interactions of Thought and Language in Old English Poetry

Peter Clemoes brings a lifetime's close study of Anglo-Saxon texts to this fresh appreciation of Old English poetry, with a radically new interpretation that relates the poetry to the entire Anglo-Saxon way of thinking, and to the structures of its society. He proposes a dynamic principle of Old English poetry, very different from the common notion of formulas slotted into poems for stylistic variation. Carefully thought out and elegantly written, this book is also accessible to students: its numerous quotations are accompanied by modern English translations.

Author: Peter Clemoes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/20/1995
Pages: 542
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 9.33h x 6.30w x 1.33d
ISBN: 9780521307116

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