The Old English Poems Of Cynewulf Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Essays And Literary Reference

The Old English Poems Attributed To Cynewulf Who Flourished Some Time Between Eighth And Tenth Centuries Are Unusual Because Most Vernacular In This Period Anonymous Other Than Name We Have No Biographical Details Of Not Even Basic Facts Where Or When He Lived Yet Themselves Attest A Powerfully Inventive Imagination Deeply Learned Christian Doctrine Traditional Verse-Craft Runic Letters Spelling Out Appear Four Poems: Christ Ii (Or Ascension) Juliana Fates Apostles Elene These Fifth Can Be Added Guthlac B Similarities Style Vocabulary But Any Signature (If One Ever Existed) Has Been Lost Its Ending Lines Missing What Characterizes Cynewulf’s Poetry? Reveals An Expert Control Structure As Shown From Changes Makes His Latin Sources Flair For Extended Similes Dramatic Dialogue Example Major Events Christ’s Life Portrayed Vigorous Leaps Force Saint’s Rhetoric Utterly Confounds Demon Sent Torment Her Σελίδες: 288 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0520 Διαστάσεις: 13 3X13 3Cm