A History of Old English Verse Layout : Poetics on the Page (Book Cultures, Medieval to Modern)

Burns, Rachel A.

Arc Humanities Press（2026/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 186 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781802704440
• DDC分類 829.1009

Full Description

This study presents the first full history of Old English poetic mise-en-page, drawing its approach from the fields of literary criticism, art history, metrics, palaeography, and the history of the book. Paying special attention to lineation, this book surveys the layout of poetry from the earliest Latin writings in England, to modern editions of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It argues that the vernacular verse page is not, as has often been assumed, merely constrained by linguistic status. Rather, the layout of Old English poetry is shown to be the result of engaged scribal and editorial choices, and one of a set of tools used to meet readers' needs and to express identities. Old English verse is not laid out "like prose," but like Old English verse.

Contents

List of Illustrations

Abbreviations

Manuscripts Referenced, with Abbreviated or Alternative Titles

A Note on Terminology and References

Series Editors' Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction. Rethinking the Vernacular Page

Chapter 1. Latin Verse to the Tenth Century

Chapter 2. Old English Verse in Medieval Manuscripts

Chapter 3. Old English Verse in Modern Editions

Conclusions

Bibliography

Index