Hunting the Letter: Middle English Alliterative Verse and the Formulaic Theory (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783631337769)

Vendor: Hermann Josef Real
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Format: Paperback
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Hunting the Letter: Middle English Alliterative Verse and the Formulaic Theory

$110.95

Hunting the Letter: Middle English Alliterative Verse and the Formulaic Theory

$110.95
Format: Paperback
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The author reviews the theory and history of 'Oral-Formulaic' criticism and its application to Middle English Alliterative Verse. He conducts a full and detailed analysis of the formulaic character of the diction of four widely divergent alliterative poems: Joseph of Arimathie, Death and Liffe, Saint Erkenwald and Scotish Feilde, placing each within the larger alliterative tradition. Major scholarly appendices provide the evidence for the arguments advanced as to the particular nature of each poem.

Author: Hermann Josef Real,Paul Hartle
ISBN-10: 3631337760
ISBN-13: 9783631337769
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1999
Pages: 466
Format: Paperback
By Hermann Josef Real
By Hermann Josef Real
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The Author: Educated at Victoria College, Jersey, and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Paul Hartle is now Director of Studies in English at the latter, where he researches and teaches in Medieval and Renaissance Literature.

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