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A store of common sense : gnomic theme and style in Old Icelandic and Old English wisdom poetry /

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A Store of Common Sense is the first comparative study in English of Old Icelandic and Old English wisdom poetry. It examines problems of form, unity, and coherence, and how the genre responds to social change, both reflecting and shaping the thinking of the communities which originate it. Carolyne...

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Main Author: Larrington, Carolyne
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1993.
Series:Oxford English monographs.
Subjects:
Didactic poetry, English (Old) > History and criticism.
Comparative literature > English and Old Norse.
Comparative literature > Old Norse and English.
Gnomic poetry, English (Old) > History and criticism.
Old Norse poetry > History and criticism.
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature.
Civilization, Medieval, in literature.
Poésie didactique anglaise (vieil anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Poésie gnomique anglaise (vieil anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Poésie vieux norroise > Histoire et critique.
Civilisation anglo-saxonne dans la littérature.
Civilisation médiévale dans la littérature.
Didactic poetry, English (Old)
Gnomic poetry, English (Old)
Old Norse poetry.
Oudengels.
Oudnoords.
Leerdichten.
Old English poetry
Old Norse poetry
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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