Signs that sing : hybrid poetics in Old English verse /
Maring considers several types of Old English verse: oral poetry, with its simultaneity of composition, dissemination, and reception and dynamic of performance; written poetry and its reliance on intertextual referencing; and liturgical works, heavily laden with Christian meaning. Maring's proj...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
2017
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Maring considers several types of Old English verse: oral poetry, with its simultaneity of composition, dissemination, and reception and dynamic of performance; written poetry and its reliance on intertextual referencing; and liturgical works, heavily laden with Christian meaning. Maring's project examines the expressive possibilities created by hybridization as well as how these expressions influence our interpretation of individual poems from the ninth to eleventh centuries. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813052922 0813052920 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 11, 2017). |
