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A Constructionist and Corpus-Based Approach to Formulas in Old English Poetry

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This paper explores a constructionist and corpus-based approach to Old English formulaic language through an analysis of the “maþelode system” of speech introductions.
Riccardo Ginevra, Erica Biagetti, Luca Brigada Villa, Martina Giarda   +3 more
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THE CURSUS IN OLD ENGLISH POETRY. [PDF]

Anglia - Zeitschrift für englische Philologie, 1914
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Coker, Matthew D. 2023. Supernatural Speakers in Old English Verse. Leeds: Arc Humanities Press. Pp. 154. ISBN 9781641894128.

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Book review of Coker, Matthew D. 2023. Supernatural Speakers in Old English Verse. Leeds: Arc Humanities Press. Pp. 154. ISBN 9781641894128.
James Paz
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Translation as Interpretation: Ezra Pound and Old English Poetry [PDF]

Литература двух Америк, 2019
The paper dwells on Ezra Pound's translations of Old English poetry. The essay gives a brief outlook on Pound’s study of the Old English language during his college years, highlights the poet’s interests in a field of Old English culture. Pound’s view on
Karina R. Ibragimova
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Lucas, Peter J. 2024. Old English Poetry from Manuscript to Message. Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy 58. Turnhout: Brepols. Pp. xviii + 398. ISBN 9782503600314.

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Book review of Lucas, Peter J. 2024. Old English Poetry from Manuscript to Message. Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy 58. Turnhout: Brepols. Pp. xviii + 398. ISBN 9782503600314.
Mark Griffith
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Objects That Object, Subjects That Subvert: Agency in Exeter Book Riddle 5

Humanities, 2022
A sequence of Old English riddles from the Exeter Book allow an implement to speak. This article focuses on one example, Riddle 5, generally solved as either a shield or a cutting board, to show how each interpretation gives voice not just to an ...
Jonathan Wilcox
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Old English Enigmatic Poems and Their Reception in Early Scholarship and Supernatural Fiction

Humanities, 2022
The scholarly reception history of the Old English riddles and adjacent “enigmatic poems” of the Exeter Book reveals a long process of creating intelligibility and order out of a complicated and obscure manuscript context.
Patrick Joseph Murphy
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Lorden, Jennifer A. 2025. Literary Form in Early Medieval England. Cambridge Elements: England in the Early Medieval World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 69. ISBN 9781009328616.

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Review of Lorden, Jennifer A. 2025. Literary Form in Early Medieval England. Cambridge Elements: England in the Early Medieval World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 69. ISBN 9781009328616. 
Tom Revell
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Griffith, Mark. 2024. The Battle of Maldon: A New Critical Edition. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. Pp. xiv + 308. ISBN 9781835538067.

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Book review of Griffith, Mark. 2024. The Battle of Maldon: A New Critical Edition. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. Pp. xiv + 308. ISBN 9781835538067.
Kazutomo Karasawa
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Tearas Feollon: Tears and Weeping in Old English Literature

Humanities, 2022
This contribution surveys the range of images of weeping in Old English literature, concentrating particularly on weeping due to suffering, grief and unhappiness, and on tears of compunction, but examining other types of weeping as well, including ...
Hugh Magennis
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