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.

书目详细资料
主要作者: Davis-Secord, Jonathan
格式: Licensed eBooks
语言:英语
出版: [Place of publication not identified] : University of Toronto Press 2016.
丛编:Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 20.
在线阅读:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctt1bmzkx7
书本目录:
  • 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?