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The Art and Background of Old English Poetry

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This book claims to be concerned with Old English poetry in its social context. The first half considers the relationship of the poet to his audience on the one hand; on the other to the world he describes. So the emphasis is on performance, on the varieties of poetic authority, and on the kinds of abstraction from the real world which the poet chooses to make. The second half of the book is about the style and structure of the poems.

Author(s): Barbara C. Raw
Publisher: Edward Arnold
Year: 1978

Language: English
Pages: 148
City: London

Introduction
1. The manuscripts of Old English poetry: the material and its limitations 1
Poets and poetry
2. The art of poetry 11
3. The poet and his audience 30
4. The poet and his world 45
Poetic art and form
5. Poetic form 65
6. Narrative method 82
7. Rhythm and style 97
Epilogue
8. Private poetry 123
Bibliography 133
Index 140