The Earliest English Poetry: A Critical Survey of the Poetry Written before the Norman Conquest, with Illustrative Translations
Author:   Charles W. Kennedy
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032543048


Pages:   382
Publication Date:   10 August 2023
Format:   Hardback
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The Earliest English Poetry (1971) offers a critical survey of Old English poetry, that is, of the vernacular verse composed in England from the seventh century to the Norman Conquest. It is a studied reappraisal of Old English verse by the light of modern critical scholarship.

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Author:   Charles W. Kennedy
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.870kg
ISBN:  

9781032543048


ISBN 10:   1032543043
Pages:   382
Publication Date:   10 August 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1. Germanic Tradition 2. Continental Backgrounds 3. Beowulf 4. The Elegies 5. The Riddles and Gnomic Verse 6. The Caedmonian Poems 7. The Signed Poems of Cynewulf 8. Poetry in the Cynewulfian Manner 9. The Religious Heroic Tale 10. Christian Allegory 11. Minor Religious Poems 12. The Historic Battle Poems

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