Performance in Beowulf and other Old English poems. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Steven J.A. Breeze.
• Authors: Breeze, Steven J. A
• Contents: Introduction: Realising the Intangible; 1 Instruments of the Poet: Exploiting the Old English Lexis; 2 Multiformity and the Orality of Associative, Architectonic Poetics; 3 Providence and Pleasure: Performance as Symbol; 4 Storytelling in Beowulf and Meta-storytelling in Andreas ; 5 Wisdom and Power: Philosophies of Performance; 6 Theme Songs: An English Tradition of Performance?; 7 The Lure of the Lyre: Interpretation, Reenactment, and the Corpus; Conclusion: 'Poetic Performance'
• Publisher Details: Cambridge : D. S. Brewer
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 264 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 829/.1009; 829.3; English poetry -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism; Performance in literature; English poetry -- Old English; Performance in literature; Electronic books; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781800108011; 9781800108004; 1800108001
• Related ISBNs: 180010801X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 13, 2022).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.