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alliterative revival — The term alliterative revival refers to a renewal of interest in ALLITERATIVE VERSE among late 14th century MIDDLE ENGLISH poets.OLD ENGLISH verse had been governed by strict rules of stress and alliteration, but after the Norman Conquest of… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
Alliterative verse — The Old English epic poem Beowulf is written in alliterative verse. In prosody, alliterative verse is a form of verse that uses alliteration as the principal structuring device to unify lines of poetry, as opposed to other devices such as rhyme.… … Wikipedia
Prose Edda — Infobox Book name = Prose Edda translator = image caption = This colourful front page of the Prose Edda in an 18th century Icelandic manuscript shows Odin, Heimdallr, Sleipnir and other figures from Norse mythology. author = Snorri Sturluson… … Wikipedia
Versification allitérative — L’épopée Beowulf est composée en vers allitératifs. La versification allitérative est une forme de versification dont la structure repose sur l’usage d’allitérations, au lieu par exemples des rimes. Les traditions de versification allitérative… … Wikipédia en Français
English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… … Universalium
Old English literature — This article is part of a series on: Old English Dialects … Wikipedia
Anglo-Saxon literature — (or Old English literature) encompasses literature written in Anglo Saxon (Old English) during the 600 year Anglo Saxon period of England, from the mid 5th century to the Norman Conquest of 1066. These works include genres such as epic poetry,… … Wikipedia
Sawles Warde — (ca. 1220) Sawles Warde (Care of the soul, or Custody of the soul), which was most likely composed ca. 1220, is considered a part of the MIDDLE EnglISH text grouping known as the KATHERINE GROUP. An ALLEGORICAL verse homily written in… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
Ælfric of Eynsham — (the Grammarian ) (c. 955 ndash; c. 1010), was an English abbot, as well as a consummate, prolific writer in Old English of hagiography, homilies, biblical commentaries, and other genres. He is also known variously as Ælfric Grammaticus, Ælfric… … Wikipedia
Judith (homily) — Judith is a homily written by abbot Aelfric of Eynsham around the year 1000. It is extant in two manuscripts, a fairly complete version being found in Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS 303, and fragments in British Library MS Cotton Otho… … Wikipedia
