Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-308) and index.
1. Aldhelm's life and verse -- 2. Aldhelm and the Anglo-Latin octosyllable -- 3. Aldhelm's hexameter verse style and its origins -- 4. Aldhelm's remembered reading in verse -- App. 4.1: Parallel diction in Aldhelm's sources -- 5. After Aldhelm: the Anglo-Latin legacy -- App. 5.1: Parallel diction in Aldhelm's Anglo-Latin heirs -- App. 5.2: A statistical survey of Anglo-Latin verse.
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Aldhelm of Malmesbury has been described as 'the first English man of letters'. He was the first Germanic author to compose extensively in Latin metrical verse, and his Latin works were amongst the most influential in Anglo-Saxon England. Aldhelm can also be considered the best-read of Anglo-Saxon poets, in both senses of the phrase: he read most and was most read. In this first book-length study of Aldhelm's poetic art Andy Orchard traces the sources and models for Aldhelm's idiosyncratic style, as well as the nature and extent of his influence on later Anglo-Latin verse. Aldhelm's innovations in Latin verse technique are emphasized, in particular his special debt to the specific techniques of Old English vernacular verse.
Poetic art of Aldhelm.
Aldhelm,640?-709-- Criticism and interpretation.
Aldhelm (von Malmesbury)
Aldhelm, 0639?-0709)-- Critique et interprétation.
Aldhelm,640?-709.
Aldhelmus, 640-709
Anglo-Saxons-- Intellectual life.
Christian poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)-- History and criticism.
Latin language, Medieval and modern-- Metrics and rhythmics.
Anglo-Saxons-- Intellectual life.
Beïnvloeding.
Christian poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Latein
Latin language, Medieval and modern-- Metrics and rhythmics.
Lyrik
Metrik
Poésie chrétienne latine-- Histoire et critique.
Poésie chrétienne médiévale-- Histoire et critique.
Poésie religieuse latine médiévale et moderne-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire et critique.