Joinings : compound words in Old English literature /

The first comprehensive study of the use of compound words in Old English poetry, homilies, and philosophy, Joinings explores the effect of compounds on style, pace, clarity, and genre in Anglo-Saxon vernacular literature.

書誌詳細
第一著者: Davis-Secord, Jonathan
フォーマット: Licensed eBooks
言語:英語
出版事項: [Place of publication not identified] : University of Toronto Press 2016.
シリーズ:Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 20.
オンライン・アクセス:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctt1bmzkx7
目次:
  • 1. Introduction: Connecting Grammar, Style, and Culture
  • 2. Compounds as Translation Tools
  • 3. Compound Interest
  • 4. Compound Discourses in the Old English Boethius and Juliana
  • 5. Controlling Pace in Prose: Wulfstan's Old English Homilies
  • 6. Controlling Pace in Poetry: Beowulf
  • 7. Conclusion: Ubi Est Aelfric?