Visible Song: Transitional Literacy in Old English Verse
For many years there has been lively debate about the 'orality' or 'literacy' of Old English verse: about whether the Old English verse which has come down to us is primarily the product of oral composition or primarily written, insofar as it is transmitted only in manuscript. The present book throws light on this question by drawing our attention to a largely unexplored body of evidence, namely the graphic realization of Old English verse in the surviving manuscripts - how it is set out...
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This book throws light on the debate about the 'orality' or 'literacy' of Old English verse.
List of plates; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations;1. Introduction; 2. Orality and the developing text of Caedmon's Hymn; 3. Speech, writing and power in Solomon and Saturn I; 4. The writing of the Metrical Preface to Alfred's Pastoral Care; 5. Poems of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; 6. Interpreting, pointing and reading; 7. Reading and pointing in the major poetic codices; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
