Words and Works : : Studies in Medieval English Language and Literature in Honour of Fred C. Robinson / / ed. by Peter S. Baker, Nicholas Howe.

With contributions by some of the leading scholars in the field, Words and Works: Studies in Medieval English Language and Literature in Honour of Fred C. Robinson is a distinguished collection of essays on Old and Middle English literature and textual analysis. Focusing on issues ranging from philo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Toronto Old English Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (368 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
Acknowledgments --
Abbreviations --
Who Read the Gospels in Old English? --
Byrhtferth at Work --
An Anser for Exeter Book Riddle 74 --
An Ogre’s Arm: Japanese Analogues of Beowulf --
Courtliness and Courtesy in Beowulf and Elsewhere in English Medieval Literature --
Æðelflæd of Mercia: Mise en page --
Old English Texts and Modern Readers: Notes on Editing and Textual Criticism --
The Dream of the Rood Repunctuated --
Mapelian in Old English Poetry --
Apposition and the Subjects of Verb-Initial Clauses --
The Inflection of Latin Nouns in Old English Texts --
When Lexicography Met the Exeter Book --
Chaucer's English Rhymes: The Romany the Romaunt, and The Book of the Duchess --
Seeking 'Goddes Pryvetee': Sodomy, Quitting, and Desire in The Miller's Tale --
Why the Monk? --
The Real Fulk Fitzwarines Mythical Monster Fights --
Praise and Lament: The Afterlife of Old English Poetry in Auden, Hill, and Gunn --
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Summary:With contributions by some of the leading scholars in the field, Words and Works: Studies in Medieval English Language and Literature in Honour of Fred C. Robinson is a distinguished collection of essays on Old and Middle English literature and textual analysis. Focusing on issues ranging from philology to literary criticism, the essays represent a variety of perspectives in Old and Middle English scholarship. Words and Works: Studies in Medieval English Language and Literature in Honour of Fred C. Robinson is a worthy tribute to one of the outstanding figures in Old English scholarship in the last quarter of this century.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781442683631
9783110490947
DOI:10.3138/9781442683631
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Peter S. Baker, Nicholas Howe.