Ræd and Frofer : : Christian poetics in the Old English Froferboc meters /

Ræd and Frofer : : Christian poetics in the Old English Froferboc meters / / Karmen Lenz ; with a foreword by Kurt Otten.

This study is the first concentrated investigation of the Old English Book of Consolation Meters, associated with King Alfred’s court. These Alfredian poems, which have long been neglected, recapture poetic ideas from their Latin model, Boethius’ De Consolatione Philosophiae . This volume examines t...

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Superior document:Costerus, new series, 195
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Lenz, Karmen.
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam ;, New York, NY : : Rodopi,, 2012.
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Costerus New Series 195.
Physical Description:1 online resource (138 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE ALFREDIAN BOETHIUS
  • THE ALFREDIAN WORLD VIEW IN THE POETRY
  • CULTIVATING INGEÐONC (“INNER THOUGHT”)
  • MEDITATIVE IMAGERY: THE LANDSCAPE OF THE MIND
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX.

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