The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry from Its Beginnings to the Accession of King AElfred, Volume 2Macmillan, 1892 - 502 páginas |
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... Anglo - Saxon poets themselves ; it is their constant habit . Then I felt that the translation should be in a rhythm which should represent , as closely as I could make it , the movement and the variety of the original verse . A prose ...
... Anglo - Saxon poets themselves ; it is their constant habit . Then I felt that the translation should be in a rhythm which should represent , as closely as I could make it , the movement and the variety of the original verse . A prose ...
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... Anglo- Saxon poetry ; and , moreover , their associations would modern- ise the old English thought . An Anglo - Saxon king in modern Court dress would not look more odd and miserable than an Anglo - Saxon poem in a modern rhyming metre ...
... Anglo- Saxon poetry ; and , moreover , their associations would modern- ise the old English thought . An Anglo - Saxon king in modern Court dress would not look more odd and miserable than an Anglo - Saxon poem in a modern rhyming metre ...
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... Anglo- Saxon line , even though it is frequently un - similar to that line itself . I used alliteration whenever I could , and stressed as much as possible the alliterated words , and I changed the length of the line with the changes of ...
... Anglo- Saxon line , even though it is frequently un - similar to that line itself . I used alliteration whenever I could , and stressed as much as possible the alliterated words , and I changed the length of the line with the changes of ...
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... Anglo - Saxon line by leaving a space in the midst of each line of translation . The two half - lines are , of course , intended to be read right across the page , with a slight pause upon the space between them . I think the method ...
... Anglo - Saxon line by leaving a space in the midst of each line of translation . The two half - lines are , of course , intended to be read right across the page , with a slight pause upon the space between them . I think the method ...
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... Anglo - Saxon literature , could never have found his way through the tangled mazes of Anglo - Saxon criticism , nor known what to look for , nor where to find his wants fulfilled . I cannot understand why the University Pro- fessors of ...
... Anglo - Saxon literature , could never have found his way through the tangled mazes of Anglo - Saxon criticism , nor known what to look for , nor where to find his wants fulfilled . I cannot understand why the University Pro- fessors of ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Ælfred Ætheling Alcuin ancient Andrew Anglo-Saxon Baeda battle beast belong Beowulf Bishop Breca brought Caedmon Christ Christian cliffs conjecture Cuthbert Cynewulf Danes death dragon Ealdhelm earth Ecgberht eighth century Elene England English poetry Exeter Book Fates fight Geat Genesis glory Grendel Guthlac hall hand heart heathen Heaven Heliand hell helm Hengest Heorot hero holy host Hrothgar Hygd Hygelac imagination Ingeld Irish king land Latin legend Lindisfarne lines literary literature lived Lord Mercia monastery monks myth night noble North Northumbria o'er ocean passage phrase poem poet poetic riddle Roman Rood runes saga sang says Sceaf Scyld seems shield ship sing song sorrow soul speaks spears spirit storm story sung sword tale tells Teutonic thee thegns things thou thought translation trees verse Wanderer warriors waves Welsh Wessex West Saxon Whitby whole Widsith Woden words writer written Wyrd