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Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England

English · Hardback

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"Combining historical, literary and linguistic evidence from Old English and Latin, Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England creates a new, more complete picture of who and what pre-Conquest English poets really were. It includes a study of Anglo-Saxon words for 'poet' and the first list of named poets in Anglo-Saxon England. Its survey of known poets identifies four social roles that poets often held - teachers, scribes, musicians and courtiers - and explores the kinds of poetry created by these individuals. The book also offers a new model for understanding the role of social groups in poets' experience: it argues that the presence or absence of a poetic community affected the work of Anglo-Saxon poets at all levels, from minute technical detail to the portrayal of character. This focus on poetic communities provides a new way to understand the intersection of history and literature in the Middle Ages"--

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Introduction: how can we know about Anglo-Saxon poets?; 1. What was a poet?; 2. Who became poets?; 3. The poet in the community; 4. The poet alone; 5. Spectral communities; Afterword: a way of happening; Appendix I. A handlist of named authors of Old English or Latin verse in Anglo-Saxon England; Appendix II. Skalds working in Anglo-Saxon England; Bibliography.

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Emily V. Thornbury is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of California, Berkeley.

Product details

Authors Emily V. Thornbury, Emily V. (University of California Thornbury, Emily Victoria Thornbury
Publisher Cambridge University Press ELT
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 30.01.2014
 
EAN 9781107051980
ISBN 978-1-107-05198-0
No. of pages 338
Series Cambridge Studies in Medieval
Subjects Fiction > Poetry, drama
Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies

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