The Poetics of Old English
| By: | Beechy, Tiffany, Dr |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9780754669173 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781409475941 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Combining literary analysis and theoretical linguistics, Tiffany Beechy's timely and engaging study provides a critical reassessment of Old English texts that challenges the distinction between Anglo-Saxon prose and verse, ultimately recognizing an inherent poetic nature present in all Old English texts. While the poetic nature of Beowulf, due to the regular meter and heroic story, is recognized, this study demonstrates that poetry is a more widespread phenomenon than previously thought