Name: The old English Poems of Cynewulf (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library) (en Inglés)
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Author: Cynewulf
ISBN: 9780674072633

portada The old English Poems of Cynewulf (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library) (en Inglés)

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Libro Físico

Editorial

Harvard University Press

Autor

Cynewulf

Año

2013

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

288

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN

0674072634

ISBN13

9780674072633

Categorías

Europa
Historia de la edad media

The old English Poems of Cynewulf (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library) (en Inglés)

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The Old English poems attributed to Cynewulf, who flourished some time between the eighth and tenth centuries, are unusual because most vernacular poems in this period are anonymous. Other than the name, we have no biographical details of Cynewulf, not even the most basic facts of where or when he lived. Yet the poems themselves attest to a powerfully inventive imagination, deeply learned in Christian doctrine and traditional verse-craft. Runic letters spelling out the name Cynewulf appear in four poems: Christ II (or The Ascension), Juliana, The Fates of the Apostles, and Elene. To these a fifth can be added, Guthlac B because of similarities in style and vocabulary, but any signature (if one ever existed) has been lost because its ending lines are missing. What characterizes Cynewulf's poetry? He reveals an expert control of structure as shown from the changes he makes to his Latin sources. He has a flair for extended similes and dramatic dialogue. In Christ II, for example, the major events in Christ's life are portrayed as vigorous leaps. In Juliana the force of the saint's rhetoric utterly confounds a demon sent to torment her.