Borrowed Objects and the Art of Poetry - Spolia in Old English Verse

This study uses examinations of Exeter riddles, Old English religious verse and Beowulf to formulate the poetics of spolia - creative transformations of martial and architectural plunder serving to signal metatextual reflection.

Summary

This study uses examinations of Exeter riddles, Old English religious verse and Beowulf to formulate the poetics of spolia – creative transformations of martial and architectural plunder serving to signal metatextual reflection. -- .

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• Authors: Denis Ferhatovic, Denis (Assistant Professor) Ferhatovic
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2024
• EAN: 9781526179142
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-7914-2
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture; Manchester Medieval Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, POETRY / Medieval, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Anglo-Saxon / Old English, Anglo-Saxon