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Cynewulf : Basic Readings

Bjork, Robert E.(Edited by)
Part of the Basic Readings in Anglo-Saxon England S. series
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Two original essays and 16 published since 1950 offer a comprehensive view of Cynewulf, his language, and his poetry.

The collection contains important new statements on dates, provenance, and canon by R.D.

Fulk and Patrick W. Conner, four influential essays that thoroughly explore Cynewulf's runic signature and poetic style, and major contributions to our understanding of the four signed poems of Cynewulf, Fates of the Apostles, Christ II, Juliana, and Elene.

Three essays are devoted to each of these poems, and the essays themselves exemplify a broad range of approaches to this highly elusive Anglo-Saxon poet.

The volume complements existing book-length treatments of the subject and will be welcome to scholars and students who need the foundations of Cynewulf scholarship at their fingertips.

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Product Details
Garland Publishing Inc
0815317581 / 9780815317586
Hardback
829.4
27/02/1997
United States
392 pages, illustrations, index
146 x 222 mm, 454 grams
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