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The Poetic Art of Aldhelm (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England)
The Poetic Art of Aldhelm - Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England
Author: Andy Orchard
This is the first book-length study of the poetic style of Aldhelm of Malmesbury, "the first English man of letters." Aldhelm is one of the earliest Anglo-Saxons whose writings survive, and the first to attempt to compose Latin metrical verse. Andy Orchard traces the sources and models for his idiosyncratic style and the nature and extent of his...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521034579
ISBN-10: 0521034574
Publication Date: 12/14/2006
Pages: 332
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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