{"product_id":"bede-and-aethelthryth-an-introduction-to-christian-latin-poetics-volume-18-paperback","title":"Bede and Aethelthryth: An Introduction to Christian Latin Poetics Volume 18 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen J. Harris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book attempts to reconstruct the horizon of expectation of a highly learned, Latin-speaking nun as she encounters a 50-line poem by the Venerable Bede, the Hymn to Aethelthryth --\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBede and Aethelthryth \u003c\/i\u003easks why Christians in Britain around the year 700 enjoyed Latin poetry. What did they see in it? What did they get from it? This book attempts to reconstruct the horizon of expectation of a highly learned, Latin-speaking nun as she encounters a fifty-line poem by the \u003ci\u003eVenerable Bede, the Hymn to Aethelthryth\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reconstruction is hypothetical and derived from grammatical manuals, learned commentaries from the early medieval period (especially Servius's commentary on Virgil), and a wide variety of aesthetic observations by classical and medieval readers. The first four chapters describe basic expectations of a reader of Christian Latin poetry. The fifth chapter places the Hymn in its context within\u003ci\u003e Bede's Ecclesiastical History\u003c\/i\u003e. A few pages after Bede records his hymn, Caedmon will recite his own hymn under the watchful eye of Whitby's Abbess Hild, who was a friend of Aethelthryth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth hymns are attempts to reform the lyric traditions of pagan Rome and pagan Anglo-Saxon England in the light of Christian teaching. The last three chapters contain a line-by-line commentary on Bede's alphabetic, epanaleptic elegy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Harris teaches in the Department of English and in the Department of German and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA. His books include \u003ci\u003eRace and Ethnicity in Anglo-Saxon Literature\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003eMisconceptions about the Middle Ages\u003c\/i\u003e, edited with Bryon Grigsby; and\u003ci\u003e Vox Germanica: Essays on Germanic Literature and Culture in Honor of James E. Cathey\u003c\/i\u003e, edited with Michael Moynihan and Sherrill Harbison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52932718592307,"sku":"9781940425931","price":58.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OWJj1I51Ij9781940425931.webp?v=1767873295","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/bede-and-aethelthryth-an-introduction-to-christian-latin-poetics-volume-18-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}