Verse and Virtuosity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Verse and Virtuosity write by Janie Steen. This book was released on 2008-05-24. Verse and Virtuosity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. While there is little evidence of formal rhetorical instruction in Anglo-Saxon England, traditional Old English poetry clearly shows the influence of Latin rhetoric. Verse and Virtuosity demonstrates how Old English poets imitated and adapted the methods of Latin literature, and, in particular, the works of the Christian Latin authors they had studied at school. It is the first full-length study to look specifically at what Old English poets working in a Latinate milieu attempted to do with the schemes and figures they found in their sources. Janie Steen argues that, far from sterile imitation, the inventiveness of Old English poets coupled with the constraints of vernacular verse produced a vital and markedly different kind of poetry. Highlighting a selection of Old English poetic translations of Latin texts, she considers how the translators responded to the challenge of adaptation, and shows how the most accomplished, such as Cynewulf, absorb Latin rhetoric into their own style and blend the two traditions into verse of great virtuosity. With its wide-ranging discussion of texts and rhetorical figures, this book can serve as an introduction to Old English poetic composition and style. Verse and Virtuosity, will be of considerable interest to Anglo-Saxonists, linguists, and those studying rhetorical traditions.
Early English Poetic Culture and Meter
Early English Poetic Culture and Meter - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Early English Poetic Culture and Meter write by Lindy Brady. This book was released on 2016-10-21. Early English Poetic Culture and Meter available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume develops G. R. Russom's contributions to early English meter and style, including his fundamental reworkings and rethinkings of accepted and oft-repeated mantras, including his word-foot theory, concern for the late medieval context for alliterative meter, and the linguistics of punctuation and translation as applied to Old English texts. Ten eminent scholars from across the field take up Russom's ideas to lead readers in new and exciting directions.
The Phoenix
The Phoenix - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Phoenix write by Joe Nigg. This book was released on 2016-11-04. The Phoenix available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Arising triumphantly from the ashes of its predecessor, the phoenix has been an enduring symbol of resilience and renewal for thousands of years. But how did this mythical bird become so famous that it has played a part in cultures around the world and throughout human history? How much of its story do we actually know? Here to offer a comprehensive biography and engaging (un)natural history of the phoenix is Joseph Nigg, esteemed expert on otherworldly creatures from dragons to gryphons to sea monsters. Beginning in ancient Egypt and traveling around the globe and through the centuries, Nigg's vast and sweeping narrative takes readers on a brilliant tour of the cross-cultural lore of this famous, yet little-known, immortal bird. This entertaining and informative look at the life and transformation of the phoenix will be the authoritative source for anyone fascinated by folklore and mythology, re-igniting our curiosity about one of myth's greatest beasts.
Conversing in Verse
Conversing in Verse - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Conversing in Verse write by Elizabeth Helsinger. This book was released on 2022-08-04. Conversing in Verse available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Conversing in Verse considers when and why poets turn to conversation to explore and expand the potential of poetry.
The Hatred of Poetry
The Hatred of Poetry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Hatred of Poetry write by Ben Lerner. This book was released on 2016-06-07. The Hatred of Poetry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The novelist and poet Ben Lerner argues that our hatred of poetry is ultimately a sign of its nagging relevance"--
