New Readings in the Vercelli Book

Samantha Zacher (Curatore)

Andy Orchard (Curatore)

University of Toronto Press, 2009

The late tenth-century Vercelli Book (Vercelli, Biblioteca Capitolare CXVII) contains one of the earliest surviving collections of homilies and poetry in the English language. The manuscript's combination of poetry and homiletic prose has generated intense scholarly debate, and there is no consensus concerning the original purpose of the compiler. New Readings in the Vercelli Book addresses central questions concerning the manuscript's intended use, mode of compilation, and purpose, and offers a variety of approaches on such topics as orthography, style, genre, theme, and source-study. The contributors include some of the foremost Vercelli experts, as well as the two most recent editors of the homilies. The remarkable essays in this volume offer the first sustained literary analysis of both the poetry and prose texts of the Vercelli Book, providing important new perspectives on a dynamic and valuable historical document.

• Curatore: Samantha Zacher, Andy Orchard
• Editore: University of Toronto Press
• Collana: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series
• Anno: 2009
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 464 p.
• Dimensioni: 236 x 158 mm
• Peso: 780 gr.
• EAN: 9780802098696

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