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Author:

Harris, Stephen J., 1966- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002005165

Title:

Bede and Aethelthryth : an introduction to Christian Latin poetics / Stephen J. Harris.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

West Virginia University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xxii, 335 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Bede,--the Venerable, Saint,--673-735.--Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum.
Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (Bede, the Venerable, Saint)
Christian poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
Christian poetry, Latin.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Other Authors:

Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735. Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum. Selections.
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735. Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum. Selections. English. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85143182

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-294) and index.

Contents:

Note on orthography -- On beauty -- Metrical arts -- Rhetoric -- Sources -- St. Aethelthryth in the HE [Historia Ecclesiastica] -- Hymn to Aethelthryth (English) -- Hymn to Aethelthryth (Latin) -- Hymn to Aethelthryth (Edition) -- Hymn to Aethelthryth, a-g -- Hymn to Aethelthryth, h-r -- Hymn to Aethelthryth, s-end.

Summary:

This book attempts to reconstruct the horizon of expectation of a highly learned, Latin-speaking nun as she encounters a 50-line poem by the Venerable Bede, the Hymn to Aethelthryth -- Provided by publisher

Series:

Medieval European studies ; XVIII

ISBN:

194042593X
9781940425931

OCLC:

(OCoLC)919041835

LCCN:

2015031918

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)