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Alcuin and Cynewulf: the Art and Craft of Anglo-Saxon verse
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The essentially bilingual nature of Anglo-Saxon poetry is explored through the verse of two of the most prolific poets from the period, namely Alcuin and Cynewulf, composing primarily in Latin and Old English, respectively, but each reflecting knowledge and appreciation of verse in both languages. Both Alcuin and Cynewulf are shown to have consciously copied the works of their predecessors, and both in turn had their own verse evidently echoed by contemporary and later poets in both Anglo-Lat...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- British Academy Publisher's website
- Series:
- Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lectures
- Journal:
- Journal of the British Academy Journal website
- Volume:
- 8
- Pages:
- 295–399
- Publication date:
- 2020-12-09
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-04-11
- Event title:
- Alcuin and Cynewulf: the art and craft of Anglo-Saxon verse
- Event location:
- British Academy, London, UK
- Event website:
- https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/lectures/listings/sir-israel-gollancz-memorial-lectures/
- Event start date:
- 2019-04-11
- Event end date:
- 2019-04-11
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2052-7217
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1147988
- Local pid:
- pubs:1147988
- Deposit date:
- 2020-12-07
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- Copyright holder:
- Andy Orchard
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- © The author(s) 2020. This is an open access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 Unported License
- Notes:
- This paper contains the text of the Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture, read 11 April 2019, British Academy, London, UK.
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