How the Anglo-Saxons read their poems / Daniel Donoghue.
How the Anglo-Saxons read their poems / Daniel Donoghue.
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Publisher
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
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G 2018/6717
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Language
English
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Physical content
238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- How to Read -- From Orality to Punctuation -- Verse Syntax -- Eye Movement -- Less a Conclusion Than an Opening Up.
Publication information
Publisher
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
Series
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
"How the Anglo-Saxons Read Their Poems uncovers a sophisticated collaboration between scribes and the earliest readers of poems like Beowulf, The Wanderer, and The Dream of the Rood. In addressing a basic question that no previous study has adequately answered, it pursues an ambitious synthesis of a number of fields usually kept separate: oral theo...
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How the Anglo-Saxons read their poems / Daniel Donoghue.
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The Middle Ages series
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-230) and index.
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G 2018/6717
Record Identifier
74VKVQWZzyzX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVQWZzyzX
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ISBN
0812249941 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9780812249941 hardcover ; alkaline paper
DDC
829.1009
MMS ID
991024197285902626
