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Visible Song: Transitional Literacy in Old English Verse
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Hardcover
from Cambridge Univ Pr (December 1, 1990)
9780521375504 | details & prices | 9.25 × 6.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $134.99
Paperback
from Cambridge Univ Pr (December 18, 2006)
9780521032643 | details & prices | List price $49.99
About: For many years there has been lively debate about the 'orality' or 'literacy' of Old English verse: about whether the Old English verse which has come down to us is primarily the product of oral composition or primarily written, insofar as it is transmitted only in manuscript.
About: For many years there has been lively debate about the 'orality' or 'literacy' of Old English verse: about whether the Old English verse which has come down to us is primarily the product of oral composition or primarily written, insofar as it is transmitted only in manuscript.