Alfredian Prologues and Epilogues
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0199692106
ISBN-13
9780199692101
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 16th, 2023
Print length
310 Pages
Weight
504 grams
Dimensions
22.30 x 14.40 x 2.30 cms
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This new edition with facing-page modern English translation collects together the Old English prologues and epilogues to literary works associated with King Alfred.
The Old English literary works traditionally associated with King Alfred are furnished with an array of prologues, epilogues, and other frame texts. These texts give fascinating glimpses into the ideas and contexts underlying the composition and reception of the Alfredian corpus. They draw attention to the ways in which authority and authorship interacted in the period and to contemporary perceptions of poetry and prose. This new edition addresses the contextual, critical, and theoretical issues raised by the frame texts, including their relationship to earlier traditions of prologue and epilogue, their engagement with English as a literary language, and their implications for the authorship debate. The texts are edited here for the first time in a single volume, with a facing-page modern English translation and a wide range of explanatory material.
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