Much attention has been paid by scholars to ^Elfric's approach to "translation" in bis saints' lives and to the techniques and linguistic usages which he employs in them. There has been a series of studies of aspects of his literary style, many taking their direction from the important article by Dorothy Bethurum 1 ; ^Elfric's distinctive linguistic usage, studied many years ago by Karl Jost 2 , and before him by Eduard Dietrich 3 , has recently become a focus of scholarly interest again in the context of the work being done on the Standard form of Old English which has been associated with Winchester 4 ; and, also 1 D. Bethurum, "The Form of ^Elfric's Lives of Saints", Studies in Philology, 29 (1932), 515-33. See also T. Wolpers, Die englische Heiligenlegende des Mittelalters: Eine Formgeschichte des Legendenerzählens von der spätantiken lateinischen Tradition bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts
This book explores ideas of community and the relationship of individuals to communities widely evident in Old English poetry. It pays particular attention to the context in which major poetic manuscripts of the late Anglo-Saxon period were received, a time when concerns about community appear to have been of special urgency. The book identifies key features of the audience or readership of Old English poetry in this period, and relates the interests of these groups of people to themes reflected in the poetic texts. Magennis analyses a wide range of poems and examines the imagery on which they draw, concentrating particularly on depictions of hall (including feasting and drinking), stronghold, city and landscape. In a poetry in which communal structures are typically associated with male ideals of warriorship and fellowship, the position and treatment of women is also shown to merit close consideration.
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