Knowledge of rhetoric in Anglo-Saxon England -- The patterns of Latin and vernacular verse -- The figure of The phoenix -- A dead end? : Judgment day II -- Through the looking-glass : Riddles 35 and 40 -- The verse and virtuosity of Cynewulf
Summary
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
