{"product_id":"joinings-compound-words-in-old-english-literature-hardback-9781442637399","title":"Joinings; Compound Words in Old English Literature (Hardback) 9781442637399","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJoinings\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCompound Words in Old English Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJonathan Davis-Secord (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442637399\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 April 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;This book offers new ways of thinking about how compounds are used and it will inform future study. It is a welcome addition to the field.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - Paul Cavill (The Review of English Studies October 2016) \u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;Jonathan Davis-Secord has woven a rich tapestry from such seemingly uninspiring threads as compounds, and his richly textured book is sure to please a range of scholars from a variety of perspectives.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - Don Chapman (Anglia vol 135:2017) \u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;An original, stimulating, and impressively erudite exploration of the role of compounds in Old English literary culture… This learned and engaging book opens up several new approaches to the study of a key feature of Old English verbal art and deserves to find a wide readership.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - Richard Dance (Speculum, vol 92:04:2017) \u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;In this book Davis-Secord brings to bear new and promising modes of analysis in a wide-ranging and provocative discussion.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - Greg Waite (Parergon vol 34:02:2017) \u003cp\u003e\"This thoroughly researched book opens up a wide variety of new approaches to familiar texts and will likely prove an essential resource for scholars of Old English literature, rhetoric, and culture.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Courtney Catherine Barajas, The University of Texax at Austin (University of Toronto Quarterly, vol 87 3, Summer 2018)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first comprehensive study of the use of compound words in Old English poetry, homilies, and philosophy, \u003cem\u003eJoinings\u003c\/em\u003e explores the effect of compounds on style, pace, clarity, and genre in Anglo-Saxon vernacular literature. Jonathan Davis-Secord demonstrates how compounds affect the pacing of passages in \u003cem\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/em\u003e, creating slow-motion narrative at moments of significant violence; how their structural complexity gives rhetorical emphasis to phrases in the homilies of Wulfstan; and how they help to mix quotidian and elevated diction in Cynewulf’s \u003cem\u003eJuliana\u003c\/em\u003e and the Old English translations of Boethius. His work demonstrates that compound words were the epitome of Anglo-Saxon vernacular verbal art, combining grammar, style, and culture in a manner unlike any other feature of Old English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: Connecting Grammar, Style, and Culture\u003cbr\u003e  2. Compounds as Translation Tools\u003cbr\u003e  3. Compound Interest\u003cbr\u003e  4. Compound Discourses in the Old English \u003cem\u003eBoethius\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eJuliana\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  5. Controlling Pace in Prose: Wulfstan’s Old English Homilies\u003cbr\u003e  6. Controlling Pace in Poetry: \u003cem\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  7. Conclusion: Ubi Est \u0026amp;AElig;lfric?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52588179456280,"sku":"9781442637399","price":40.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/joinings-compound-words-in-old-english-literature-hardback-9781442637399","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}