Ræd and Frofer

Christian Poetics in the Old English <i>Froferboc</i> Meters
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-420-3553-9
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 195, 130 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 234 g

Reihe: Costerus New Series

This study is the first concentrated investigation of the Old English Book of Consolation Meters, associated with King Alfred’s court. These Alfredian poems, which have long been neglected, recapture poetic ideas from their Latin model, Boethius’ De Consolatione Philosophiae. This volume examines the Meters as poetic responses to the prose passages of the Froferboc. The poetry provides allusive commentary on the prose as it echoes poetic ideas in Boethius’ poetry. It is the first study to benefit from the recent edition of the Froferboc, the first printed edition to restore the prosimetrum format presented in the earliest manuscript.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Christliche Kunst und Kultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Kurt Otten: Foreword
Introduction
The Alfredian Boethius
The Alfredian World View in the Poetry
Cultivating Ingeðonc (“Inner Thought”)
Meditative Imagery: The Landscape of the Mind
Bibliography
Index