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Fortunes of Men
Gifts of Men
Homiletic Fragments
Mantegna
Maxims
Old English wisdom literature
Order of the World
Precepts
Proverbs
Pythagorean ypsilon
Riddles of the Exeter Book
Rune Poem
Secular poems
Solomon and Saturn
Traditional societies
Vainglory
Wisdom literature
Product details
- ISBN 9780859915304
- Weight: 902g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jul 1998
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Bibliography and guide to scholarly literature on the genre of Old English wisdom poetry.
Wisdom literature played a crucial role in the evolution of traditional societies, contributing to the structure of society and to the acceptance of new ideas within a culture, a function that has become increasingly understood. Old English wisdom literature is the focus of this volume, which offers an bibliography of the scholarly criticism between 1800 and 1990 of a group of largely secular poems comprising the metrical Charms, The Fortunes of Men, The Gifts of Men, Homiletic Fragments I and II, Maxims I and II, The Order of the World, Precepts, the metrical Proverbs, the Riddles of the Exeter Book, the Rune Poem, Solomon and Saturn, and Vainglory. A General Introduction investigates debates between scholars and establishes overall trends; it is followed by the bibliography proper, divided into chapters, each with its own introduction, focusing on a major text or collection of texts, with entries arranged chronologically.
Dr RUSSELL POOLEteaches in the School of English and Media Studies at Massey University, New Zealand.
