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Signs that Sing - Hybrid Poetics in Old English Verse (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,160
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Signs that Sing - Hybrid Poetics in Old English Verse (Hardcover): Heather Maring

Signs that Sing - Hybrid Poetics in Old English Verse (Hardcover)

Heather Maring

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In Signs that Sing, Heather Maring argues that oral tradition, religious ritual, and literate Latin-based practices are dynamically interconnected in Old English poetry. Resisting the tendency to study these different forms of expression separately, this book contends that poets combined them in hybrid techniques that were important to the early development of English literature. Maring examines a variety of texts, including Beowulf, The Battle of Maldon, The Dream of the Rood, and the Advent Lyrics, and shows how themes from oral tradition became metaphors for sacred concepts in the hands of Christian authors and how oral performance and religious liturgy influenced written poetry. The result, she demonstrates, is richly elaborate verse filled with shared symbols and themes that a wide range of audiences could understand and find meaningful.

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Imprint: University Press of Florida
Country of origin: United States
Release date: May 2017
Authors: Heather Maring
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Paper over boards
Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-5446-9
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
LSN: 0-8130-5446-X
Barcode: 9780813054469

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