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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781442689572
035 _a(DE-B1597)465363
035 _a(OCoLC)944176607
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082 0 4 _a821/.109142
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aSteen, Janie
_eautore
245 1 0 _aVerse and Virtuosity :
_bThe Adaptation of Latin Rhetoric in Old English Poetry /
_cJanie Steen.
264 1 _aToronto :
_bUniversity of Toronto Press,
_c[2008]
264 4 _c©2008
300 _a1 online resource (320 p.)
336 _atext
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520 _aWhile there is little evidence of formal rhetorical instruction in Anglo-Saxon England, traditional Old English poetry clearly shows the influence of Latin rhetoric. Verse and Virtuosity demonstrates how Old English poets imitated and adapted the methods of Latin literature, and, in particular, the works of the Christian Latin authors they had studied at school. It is the first full-length study to look specifically at what Old English poets working in a Latinate milieu attempted to do with the schemes and figures they found in their sources.Janie Steen argues that, far from sterile imitation, the inventiveness of Old English poets coupled with the constraints of vernacular verse produced a vital and markedly different kind of poetry. Highlighting a selection of Old English poetic translations of Latin texts, she considers how the translators responded to the challenge of adaptation, and shows how the most accomplished, such as Cynewulf, absorb Latin rhetoric into their own style and blend the two traditions into verse of great virtuosity. With its wide-ranging discussion of texts and rhetorical figures, this book can serve as an introduction to Old English poetic composition and style. Verse and Virtuosity, will be of considerable interest to Anglo-Saxonists, linguists, and those studying rhetorical traditions.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650 7 _aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
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