Old English Poems of Cynewulf

Informationen zum Autor A Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, Robert E. Bjork is Foundation Professor of English and Director of the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Arizona State University. Klappentext Other than his name, we have no biographical details of Cynewulf, not even where or when he lived. Yet his Old English poems attest to a powerfully inventive imagination, deeply learned in Christian doctrine and traditional verse-craft. He reveals an expert control of structure and a flair for extended similes and dramatic dialogue. Zusammenfassung Other than his name! we have no biographical details of Cynewulf! not even where or when he lived. Yet his Old English poems attest to a powerfully inventive imagination! deeply learned in Christian doctrine and traditional verse-craft. He reveals an expert control of structure and a flair for extended similes and dramatic dialogue.

Product details

• Authors: Cynewulf, Cynewulf Cynewulf
• Assisted by: Robert E. Bjork (Translation), Robert E. Bjork (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.05.2013
• EAN: 9780674072633
• ISBN: 978-0-674-07263-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Anglo-Saxon / Old English, Anglo-Saxon