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How tradition works : a meme-based cultural poetics of the Anglo-Saxon tenth century / Michael D. C. Drout.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Drout, Michael D. C., 1968-
- Series:
- Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series) ; v. 306.
- Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- English language--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Texts.
- English language.
- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon.
- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon--Sources.
- England--Civilization--To 1066.
- England.
- Civilization.
- Monasticism and religious orders--Rules.
- Monasticism and religious orders.
- Exeter book.
- Memetics.
- Poetics.
- Genre:
- Texts.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 333 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Tempe, Ariz. : Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2006.
- Contents:
- How tradition works
- Why memetics?
- The English Benedictine reform: a concise summary
- The rule of St. Benedict, the Regularis concordia, and the memetic basis of reform culture
- Anglo-Saxon wills and the inheritance of tradition
- Repetition, pattern recognition, tradition, and style
- The interplay of traditions: style and the Old English translation of the enlarged rule of Chrodegang
- The Exeter Book wisdom poems and the Benedictine reform
- The vocabulary of the wisdom poems and the Chrodegang translation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-317) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0866983503
- OCLC:
- 65197747
- Publisher Number:
- 9780866983501
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