The Opus Geminatum and Anglo-Saxon Literature.

This article traces the development of the opus geminatum (a twinned pair of texts, one in verse, one in prose, treating the same subject) as this grows out of late antique literary practices surrounding the conversio (paraphrase) and as it is adopted by Anglo-Saxon authors, becoming one of their mo...

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Published in:	Neophilologus Vol. 95; no. 1; pp. 123 - 145
Main Author:	Friesen, Bill
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Jan2011
Subjects:	Rhetoric Literary form Old English literature Latin language Bade language Paraphrase Literary style
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