Old English Poetry from Manuscript to Message - Peter Lucas
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Old English Poetry from Manuscript to Message is een boek van Peter Lucas. Deze editie wordt tweedehands aangeboden door 1 boekverkoper(s) uit Antwerpen. Voor meer info, bekijk de beschrijving van de beschikbare exemplaren verder op deze pagina.
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2024Uitgever: Brepols Publishers398 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 250360031XISBN-13: 9782503600314Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Summary By comparison with Latin Europe, Anglo-Saxon civilization is notable for the amount of literature preserved in contemporary manuscripts in the vernacular language, formerly called ?Anglo-Saxon' but now more usually called ?Old English'. This literature includes some remarkable poetry, which is the subject of the present collection of essays. Some of the earliest poems may well have been written at a time when northern England held the intellectual leadership of Europe. The approach is holistic, inv...
