Add to ORKGThis chapter in a collection of essays on oral literature I look at the Old English Beowulf and discuss the references to oral composition and descriptions of 'scops' creating and reciting verse in this and other Old English poems. I also discuss the composition of Beowulf itself and possible dating
Introduction. This article is devoted to the study of imitative (onomatopoeic and mimetic) lexicon o...
Theoretically, this treatise is a study at the nexus of two fields: oral tradition and the philosoph...
Anyone who sets out to discuss Beowulf as an oral poem immediately places him- or herself on some ra...
'Beowulf' has long been considered a written poem, and it is my intention to suggest that it may in...
International audienceSome of the most celebrated passages of Old English poetry are speeches: Beowu...
One of the most striking features of Anglo-Saxon alliterative poetry is the extraordinary richness o...
William of Malmesbury, writing more than four centuries later, tells a tale of the Anglo-Saxon Aldhe...
The fi rst four sections of this study, which appeared in the May 1986 issue of Oral Tradition, cons...
The extant corpus of Old English poetry is small, yet during the late twentieth century scholarly st...
In this thesis I attempt to trace the development of the criticism of Old English poetic diction and...
A member of the English department at the University of Denver, Alexandra Hennessey Olsen has writte...
24 pagesIncludes bibliographical references."“The Scop’s Repertoire” evinces remarkable longevity an...
Beowulf is the conventional title of an Old English epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long ...
Featuring essays from some of the most prominent voices in early medieval English studies, Dating Be...
The search for sources of elements in Beowulf has provided significant insight into the poem’s liter...
Introduction. This article is devoted to the study of imitative (onomatopoeic and mimetic) lexicon o...
Theoretically, this treatise is a study at the nexus of two fields: oral tradition and the philosoph...
Anyone who sets out to discuss Beowulf as an oral poem immediately places him- or herself on some ra...
'Beowulf' has long been considered a written poem, and it is my intention to suggest that it may in...
International audienceSome of the most celebrated passages of Old English poetry are speeches: Beowu...
One of the most striking features of Anglo-Saxon alliterative poetry is the extraordinary richness o...
William of Malmesbury, writing more than four centuries later, tells a tale of the Anglo-Saxon Aldhe...
The fi rst four sections of this study, which appeared in the May 1986 issue of Oral Tradition, cons...
The extant corpus of Old English poetry is small, yet during the late twentieth century scholarly st...
In this thesis I attempt to trace the development of the criticism of Old English poetic diction and...
A member of the English department at the University of Denver, Alexandra Hennessey Olsen has writte...
24 pagesIncludes bibliographical references."“The Scop’s Repertoire” evinces remarkable longevity an...
Beowulf is the conventional title of an Old English epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long ...
Featuring essays from some of the most prominent voices in early medieval English studies, Dating Be...
The search for sources of elements in Beowulf has provided significant insight into the poem’s liter...
Introduction. This article is devoted to the study of imitative (onomatopoeic and mimetic) lexicon o...
Theoretically, this treatise is a study at the nexus of two fields: oral tradition and the philosoph...
Anyone who sets out to discuss Beowulf as an oral poem immediately places him- or herself on some ra...