Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England /
Thornbury, Emily V.,
Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England / Emily V. Thornbury. - 1 online resource (338 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature ; 88 . - Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature ; 88. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
Combining historical, literary and linguistic evidence from Old English and Latin, Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England creates a new, more complete picture of who and what pre-Conquest English poets really were. It includes a study of Anglo-Saxon words for 'poet' and the first list of named poets in Anglo-Saxon England. Its survey of known poets identifies four social roles that poets often held - teachers, scribes, musicians and courtiers - and explores the kinds of poetry created by these individuals. The book also offers a new model for understanding the role of social groups in poets' experience: it argues that the presence or absence of a poetic community affected the work of Anglo-Saxon poets at all levels, from minute technical detail to the portrayal of character. This focus on poetic communities provides a new way to understand the intersection of history and literature in the Middle Ages.
9781107280304 (ebook)
PR203 / .T46 2014
829/.1009
Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England / Emily V. Thornbury. - 1 online resource (338 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature ; 88 . - Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature ; 88. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
Combining historical, literary and linguistic evidence from Old English and Latin, Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England creates a new, more complete picture of who and what pre-Conquest English poets really were. It includes a study of Anglo-Saxon words for 'poet' and the first list of named poets in Anglo-Saxon England. Its survey of known poets identifies four social roles that poets often held - teachers, scribes, musicians and courtiers - and explores the kinds of poetry created by these individuals. The book also offers a new model for understanding the role of social groups in poets' experience: it argues that the presence or absence of a poetic community affected the work of Anglo-Saxon poets at all levels, from minute technical detail to the portrayal of character. This focus on poetic communities provides a new way to understand the intersection of history and literature in the Middle Ages.
9781107280304 (ebook)
PR203 / .T46 2014
829/.1009