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A Store of Common Sense: Gnomic Theme and Wisdom in Old Icelandic and Old English Wisdom Poetry - Oxford English Monographs Larrington, Carolyne (Supernumerary Fellow in Medieval English, Supernumerary Fellow in Medieval English, St John's College, Oxford)
A Store of Common Sense: Gnomic Theme and Wisdom in Old Icelandic and Old English Wisdom Poetry - Oxford English Monographs
Larrington, Carolyne (Supernumerary Fellow in Medieval English, Supernumerary Fellow in Medieval English, St John's College, Oxford)
This is a comparative study in English of Old Icelandic and Old English wisdom poetry. It examines problems of form, unity and coherence, and how the genre responds to social change.
254 pages, bibliography
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 26, 1993 |
| ISBN13 | 9780198119821 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 254 |
| Dimensions | 141 × 225 × 20 mm · 480 g |
| Language | English |