A history of Old English verse layout : poetics on the page /

This study presents the first full history of Old English poetic mise-en-page, drawing its approach from the fields of literary criticism, art history, metrics, palaeography, and the history of the book. Paying special attention to lineation, this book surveys the layout of poetry from the earliest...

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Autore principale: Burns, Rachel A. (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, [2024]
Serie:Book cultures
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.21819452
Sommario:
  • List of illustrations
  • Series editors' preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • A note on terminology and references
  • Abbreviations
  • Manuscripts referenced, with abbreviated or alternative titles
  • Introduction. Rethinking the vernacular page
  • Chapter 1. Latin verse to the tenth century
  • Chapter 2. Old English verse in medieval manuscripts
  • Chapter 3. Old English verse in modern editions
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index.