The language of wealth in Old English literature: from the conversion to Alfred
<p>This thesis analyses the language used to refer to wealth, and attitudes towards wealth, in the Old English literature of the earlier part of the Anglo-Saxon period. I firstly consider poetry such as Beowulf, the Junius 11 Old Testament poems and the works of Cynewulf, in order to develop a...
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Language: | English |
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2019
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