A Commentary on the Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition
March 2021
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Book
A companion to The Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition, this volume includes rich notes and commentary on hundreds of Latin, Old English, and Old Norse-Icelandic riddles.
Word-Hord: A Lexicon of Old English Verse
December 2020
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Other
Norse Myths and Legends
December 2020
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Book
Alcuin and Cynewulf: the Art and Craft of Anglo-Saxon verse
December 2020
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Conference paper
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Journal of the British Academy
The essentially bilingual nature of Anglo-Saxon poetry is explored through the verse of two of the most prolific poets from the period, namely Alcuin and Cynewulf, composing primarily in Latin and Old English, respectively, but each reflecting knowledge and appreciation of verse in both languages. Both Alcuin and Cynewulf are shown to have consciously copied the works of their predecessors, and both in turn had their own verse evidently echoed by contemporary and later poets in both Anglo-Latin and Old English, so much so that they seem to have been the centres of closely identifiable ‘schools’ of verse, active at around the same period, within a decade or two either side of the year 800, and sharing a similar background, attitude, and training. An Appendix considers the authorship and identity of Cynewulf, and suggests that, like Alcuin, he too may be best situated at the interface of orality and literacy in contemporary Northumbria.
Cynewulf, literacy, Alcuin, Northumbria, Old English, orality, FFR, Anglo-Latin, Anglo-Saxon
The Originality of Andreas
July 2016
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Chapter
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Old English Philology Studies in Honour of R. D. Fulk
Hereward and Grettir: Brothers from Another Mother?
February 2016
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Chapter
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New Norse Studies: Essays on the Literature and Culture of Medieval Scandinavia
History
Performing Writing and Singing Silence in the Anglo-Saxon Riddle Tradition
January 2016
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Chapter
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Or Words to That Effect Orality and the Writing of Literary History
Old English and Anglo-Latin: The Odd Couple
January 2014
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Chapter
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A Companion to British Literature Part I : Medieval Literature 700–1450
Literary Criticism
The Esoteric Knowledge of the Anglo-Saxons
January 2011
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Chapter
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A Social History of England, 900-1200
The Dream of the Rood: Cross-References
January 2009
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Chapter
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New Readings in the Vercelli Book
The Word Made Flesh: Christianity and Oral Culture in Anglo-Saxon England
January 2009
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Journal article
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Oral Tradition
Reconstructing The Ruin
January 2008
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Chapter
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Intertexts: Studies in Anglo-Saxon Culture Presented to Paul E. Szarmach