Ebook: The Old English Poems of Cynewulf
Author: Robert E. Bjork
- Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library 23
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Harvard University Press
- Language: English
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Other than his name, we have no biographical details of Cynewulf, not even where or when he lived. Yet his Old English poems attest to a powerfully inventive imagination, deeply learned in Christian doctrine and traditional verse-craft. He reveals an expert control of structure and a flair for extended similes and dramatic dialogue.
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