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A store of common sense : gnomic theme and style in Old Icelandic and Old English wisdom poetry
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Larrington, Carolyne, Author.
- Series:
- Oxford English monographs.
- Oxford English monographs A store of common sense
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Didactic poetry, English (Old)--History and criticism.
- Didactic poetry, English (Old).
- Comparative literature--English and Old Norse.
- Comparative literature.
- Comparative literature--Old Norse and English.
- Gnomic poetry, English (Old)--History and criticism.
- Gnomic poetry, English (Old).
- Old Norse poetry--History and criticism.
- Old Norse poetry.
- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature.
- Civilization, Medieval, in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 243 p.).
- Other Title:
- A Store of Common Sense
- A store of common sense
- Oxford English monographs
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a comparative study in English of Old Icelandic and Old English wisdom poetry. It examines problems of form, unity and coherence, and how the genre responds to social change.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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