Visible Song - Transitional Literacy in Old English Verse

Klappentext This book throws light on the debate about the 'orality' or 'literacy' of Old English verse. Zusammenfassung This book throws light on the debate about the 'orality' or 'literacy' of Old English verse! whether it was transmitted orally or written down. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of plates; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Orality and the developing text of Caedmon's Hymn; 3. Speech, writing and power in Solomon and Saturn I; 4. The writing of the Metrical Preface to Alfred's Pastoral Care; 5. Poems of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; 6. Interpreting, pointing and reading; 7. Reading and pointing in the major poetic codices; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: &apos, brien O&apos, Katherine keeffe, O&apos, Katherine O''brien O''keeffe, Katherine O. O'Keeffe, Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe, Katherine O''brien O''keeffe
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.12.2006
• EAN: 9780521032643
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03264-3
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Sax
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies