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Joinings: Compound Words in Old English Literature

By Jonathan Davis-Secord

Book information

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Year
2016
ISBN
1442637390, 9781442637399
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1095272 bytes)
Series
Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series, 20
Pages
XII+248\262
Topic
Literature
Time added
2018-12-27 10:45:08

Description

The first comprehensive study of the use of compound words in Old English poetry, homilies, and philosophy, "Joinings" explores the effect of compounds on style, pace, clarity, and genre in Anglo-Saxon vernacular literature. Jonathan Davis-Secord demonstrates how compounds affect the pacing of passages in "Beowulf", creating slow-motion narrative at moments of significant violence; how their structural complexity gives rhetorical emphasis to phrases in the homilies of Wulfstan; and how they help to mix quotidian and elevated diction in Cynewulf's "Juliana" and the Old English translations of Boethius. His work demonstrates that compound words were the epitome of Anglo-Saxon vernacular verbal art, combining grammar, style, and culture in a manner unlike any other feature of Old English. Acknowledgments ix List of Abbreviations xi 1 Connecting Grammar, Style, and Culture 3 2 Compounds as Translation Tools 37 3 Compound Interest 71 4 Compound Discourses in the Old English "Boethius" and "Juliana" 109 5 Controlling Pace in Prose: Wulfstan's Old English Homilies 140 6 Controlling Pace in Poetry: "Beowulf" 167 7 Conclusion: Ubi Est Ælfric? 192 Bibliography 199 Index 235

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