Includes bibliographical references (pages [131]-137) and index.
Contents:
Alfred's prose Boethius and the poetics of Anglo-Saxon exposition: Alfred and the problem of old English prose -- Godspel: old English poetics and the vernacular homily -- Bind and loose: poetics and the word in old English law, charm, and riddle: the binding word and old English charms; Riddles and the word unbound -- Extraordinary poetics in traditional verse.
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