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The Language of Old and Middle English Poetry
Paperback
Series: Language of Literature, Book 4
Literary CriticismGeneral Poetry
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ISBN10: 0333488474
ISBN13: 9780333488478
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Apr 12 1996
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780333488478
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Apr 12 1996
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This book gives a linguistic overview of the first eight centuries of English poetry - years which produced such key works as Beowulf, Layaman's Brut and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. It begins with chapters on the social and literary context, before turning in more detail to subjects such as poetic diction, rhymed and alliterative verse, borrowed words, recurrent phrases, rhetoric and linguistic variety. Aimed at the beginning student and general reader, the book seeks to enhance appreciation and enjoyment by making the linguistic resources of the poets better understood.
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