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The Old English Rune Poem: A Critical Edition

The Old English Rune Poem: A Critical Edition

Halsall, Maureen

Paperback

Series: McMaster Old English Studies and Texts

Literary CriticismPoetry Criticism

ISBN10: 148759268X
ISBN13: 9781487592684
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: Dec 15 1981
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.48 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This critical edition provides unique access to a work which has challenged scholars and students alike. The book is the first to deal fully with the poem as literature and to supply the runic background necessary for an understanding of the raw materials with which the poet was working.


The introduction offers a thorough discussion of the origin, development, and uses of runes before proceeding to the close examination of text, language, literary sources, style, and themes of the poem. Following the text and translation of the poem proper, detailed explanatory notes pay particular attention to the background of each individual rune and rune name, and the appendixes provide analogous material to assist in setting the poet's achievement into the runic context.

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