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Advent Lyrics of the Exeter Book
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Advent Lyrics of the Exeter Book
Contributors:
By (Author) Jackson J. Campbell
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Literary studies: poetry and poets
Dewey:
821.04
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
150
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
369g
Description
The Advent Lyrics, a group of Old English religious antiphons (formerly called Christ I) dating from about the 9th century, are presented in this edition as an independent group of poems disengaged, for the first time, from Cynewulf's Christ. Professor Campbell's study focuses on the significance of the antiphons as lyrics rather than as philologic
