Visible Song: Transitional Literacy in Old English Verse
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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.
