The Lyric Speakers of Old English PoetryFairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1991 - 159 sivua This work is a treatment of over thirty Old English lyrics including prayers, riddles, charms, the epilogues to Cynewulf's four signed poems, lyric interludes from Beowulf, and poems from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. |
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Preface | 9 |
Meanwhile a Millennium Later | 15 |
The Inanimate Speaker | 43 |
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