The Poetic Art of Aldhelm

Andy Orchard

Cambridge University Press, 1994

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This is a book-length study of the poetic style of Aldhelm of Malmesbury, 'the first English man of letters' and one of the earliest Anglo-Saxons whose writings survive. Andy Orchard traces the sources and models for Aldhelm's Latin poetry and the nature and extent of his influence on later Anglo-Latin verse.

ISBN-13
9780521450904
ISBN-10
052145090X
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1994
Publication date
1994-04-07
Pages
332
Dimensions
236x159x28
Weight
695