Supernatural Speakers in Old English Verse

Poetic and Spiritual Power in Early Medieval Society

AvMatthew D. Coker

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Del i serien Medieval Media and Culture

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Beskrivning

The first extended study of supernatural discourse in Old English poetry, Supernatural Speakers in Old English Verse fills a conspicuous gap in the scholarship of early medieval literature. Drawing insights from various disciplines, including critical discourse analysis, social psychology, and oral poetry studies, Supernatural Speakers demonstrates how and why three poets—the poets of Genesis A, Christ C, and Guthlac A—marshalled their distinction as experts of the Old English poetic medium to perform the power of supernatural speech by means of masterful poetics. By offering new analytical paths through these early medieval poems, Supernatural Speakers elucidates the importance of poetics as a critical window on the social and religious functions of verbal art in early medieval England.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-10-31
Mått:152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Medieval Media and Culture
Antal sidor:176
Förlag:Arc Humanities Press
ISBN:9781641894128

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Matthew D. Coker is Visiting Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Florida. He received his D.Phil. from the University of Oxford and specializes in the intersections of identity, style, and culture in medieval literature.

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[T]his is a learned, detailed and often insightful book that provides the reader with a comprehensive study of, and introduction to, supernatural speakers in Old English verse. A monograph on this captivating topic is long overdue and Coker has filled this scholarly gap with an erudite examination of how Old English poets distinguished powerful, supernatural speeches through extraordinary sonic effects. As such, this monograph also sheds new light on the variety, versatility and indeed the power of the earliest English verse.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1: Poetic Power and Supernatural Speech in NumbersChapter 2: The Works of the Word in Genesis A Chapter 3: Sounds of the Last Judgment in Christ CChapter 4: Speaking with Authority in Guthlac AConclusionBibliographyIndex

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