To the Rhythm of Poetry. A Study of Late Old English Metrical Prayers
To the Rhythm of Poetry. A Study of Late Old English Metrical Prayers

Author(s): Monika Opalińska
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Poetry, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Old English religious texts; Paris Psalter; analysis of Old English translation
Summary/Abstract: Compilation of a group of Old English religious texts from the mid-11th century. The analysis includes versified psalms from the Paris Psalter and metric paraphrases of the liturgical texts Credo, Pater noster and Gloria Patri. The author focuses on the language and the metric structure of the poems, uses manuscripts, comparing the medieval record with the editorial interpretation. The publication shows to what extent anonymous Anglo-Saxon masters managed both to remain faithful to the content of the translated or paraphrased Latin works, and to maintain the formal features of an Old English poem.

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