Harriet Soper (University of Oxford)

The Life Course in Old English Poetry

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Produktbeschreibung

The first book-length study of the whole lifespan in Old English verse, exploring how poets depicted varied paths through life. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 566g
• ISBN-13: 9781009315111
• ISBN-10: 1009315110
• Artikelnr.: 67822291

Autorenporträt

Harriet Soper is Simon and June Li Fellow in English Literature at Lincoln College, University of Oxford, where she teaches Old and Middle English literature and the English language. She has previously been a Research Fellow at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Poetics of the Life Course
1. Taking Shape: Early Life in the Exeter Book Riddles
2. Becoming Useful: Young and Mature Adulthood in Three Verse Saints' Lives and Judith
3. Outliving Others: Old Age in Beowulf and Cynewulfian Epilogues
4. Getting Wasted: Deathly Conditions in Wisdom Catalogues and Doomsday Poetry
Conclusion: The Rhyming Poem.