Supernatural Speakers in Old English Verse: Poetic and Spiritual Power in Early Medieval Society

Matthew D. Coker

doi:10.1017/9781802700497

Supernatural Speakers in Old English Verse

Poetic and Spiritual Power in Early Medieval Society

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Matthew D. Coker

Publisher:: Amsterdam University Press
Online publication date:: February 2024
Print publication year:: 2023
Online ISBN:: 9781802700497
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781802700497

Subjects:: Literature, Literary Theory, Anglo Saxon and Medieval Literature
Series:: Medieval Media and Culture

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The first extended study of supernatural discourse in Old English poetry, Supernatural Speakers in Old English Verse fills a conspicuous gap in the scholarship of early medieval literature. Drawing insights from various disciplines, including critical discourse analysis, social psychology, and oral poetry studies, Supernatural Speakers demonstrates how and why three poets - the poets of Genesis A, Christ C, and Guthlac A - marshalled their distinction as experts of the Old English poetic medium to perform the power of supernatural speech by means of masterful poetics. By offering new analytical paths through these early medieval poems, Supernatural Speakers elucidates the importance of poetics as a critical window on the social and religious functions of verbal art in early medieval England.

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Supernatural Speakers in Old English Verse

Poetic and Spiritual Power in Early Medieval Society

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-v

List of Illustrations
pp vi-vi

Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii

Introduction
pp 1-32

Chapter 1 - Poetic Power and Supernatural Speech in Numbers
pp 33-54

Chapter 2 - The Works of the Word in Genesis A
pp 55-88

Chapter 3 - Sounds of the Last Judgment in Christ C
pp 89-114

Chapter 4 - Speaking with Authority in Guthlac A
pp 115-150

Conclusion
pp 151-154

Bibliography
pp 155-162

Index
pp 163-168

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