Visible Song
Subtitle: Transitional Literacy in Old English Verse (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 18, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780521032643
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval; History - General History; History; Literature - Classics / Criticism; History: World; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Medieval; Poetry; English poetry--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Hi; English poetry--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism; History / General; Literary Criticism & Collections / Medieval; Literary Criticism-English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism-Poetry; General
First sentence: Modern readers of Alfred's translation of the De consolatione Philosophiae are often struck by his assimilating into the Old English version his own late ninth-century preoccupations and intellectual pursuits.