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With its wide-ranging discussion of texts and rhetorical figures, this book can serve as an introduction to Old English poetic composition and style. Verse and Virtuosity, will be of considerable interest to Anglo-Saxonists, linguists, and those studying rhetorical traditions.

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Steen provides a rich commentary on the complex ways in which Latin models have shaped Old English poetic style. Her book contains extremely informative and useful illustrative figures. -- Year's Work in English Studies, vol 89:01:10

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      Publisher: University of Toronto Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 24/05/2008
      ISBN13: 9780802091574, 978-0802091574
      ISBN10: 0802091571
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      Literary studies: ancient, classical

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      With its wide-ranging discussion of texts and rhetorical figures, this book can serve as an introduction to Old English poetic composition and style. Verse and Virtuosity, will be of considerable interest to Anglo-Saxonists, linguists, and those studying rhetorical traditions.

      Trade Review
      Steen provides a rich commentary on the complex ways in which Latin models have shaped Old English poetic style. Her book contains extremely informative and useful illustrative figures. -- Year's Work in English Studies, vol 89:01:10

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