Joinings : : Compound Words in Old English Literature / / Jonathan Davis-Secord.
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. Jonathan Davis-Secord demonstrates how compounds affect the pacing of passage...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017] ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- 1. 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 Ælfric?
- Bibliography
- Index
- Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series