The Old English Pharaoh: A Neglected ubi sunt Poem.
The Old English poem Pharaoh has been largely unconsidered in critical literature owing to its formal and interpretive obscurities, which have led to its relegation to a secondary place in the Old English poetic canon. The text has traditionally been read as an unsuccessful attempt at replicating La...
| Publicado en: | Neophilologus Vol. 107; no. 3; pp. 463 - 484 |
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