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839296
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Thornbury, Emily Victoria,1977-
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Becoming a poet in Anglo-Saxon England /\ Emily V. Thornbury.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2014.
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, ©2014
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| Series Statement
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Cambridge studies in medieval literature ;; 88
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1 online resource (xi, 322 pages) :: illustrations, map
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1107280303
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1107051983
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9781107051980
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-315) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: how can we know about Anglo-Saxon poets? -- 1. What was a poet? -- 2. Who became poets? -- 3. The poet in the community -- 4. The poet alone -- 5. Spectral communities -- Afterword: a way of happening -- Appendix I.A handlist of named authors of Old English or Latin verse in Anglo-Saxon England -- Appendix II. Skalds working in Anglo-Saxon England.
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"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 "--
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"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"--
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English poetry-- Old English, ca. 450-1100-- History and criticism.
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Literature and society-- England-- History-- To 1500.
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Poets, English-- Old English, ca. 450-1100.
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English poetry-- Old English.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- European-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Literature and society.
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Poets, English-- Old English
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England.
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| Dewey Classification
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829/.1009
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| LC Classification
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PR203.T46 2014eb
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| NLM classification
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LIT004120bisacsh
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