Old English Poetry - University of Oxford
[Pages:54]The Birth of English Poetry
Dr Stuart D Lee stuart.lee@ell.ox.ac.uk
Lesson Aims
? General points about Old English poetry ? Old English poetry collections ? Performance / Authorship / Audience ? Technicalities of Old English Poetry ? Consider some Old English poems
A small topical digression...
Months
Days
Bede, De temporum ratione
Fusion and appropriation
Christianity arrives in 597 AD
Conversion by appropriation
Celtic feast of Samhain, Norse feast of Vetrn?tr `appropriated' > Feast of All Hallows
Saxon days started the previous evening
Thus `?fen' or evening is part of the next day
e.g. Midsummer's Eve, Christmas Eve
EFnud osfisoumnmaern...d appropriation
`Like the Celtic counterpart, the people used to Christianity acrerlievbersaitne t5h9i7s nAiDght by ligShatixnognladragyesbsotanrfiterdesthtoe previous
frightened spirits and demeovnens,inbgecause on this
night they freely roamed the world. It is also on
Conversion bthyisapnpigrohpt rtihaatitoOndin was sTuhpupsos`e?dfetno'loeardevtheening is part
spectral horsemen and hooufntdhseinetxhtedWayild Hunt.
The Wild Hunt lasted throughout winter, peaking
Celtic feasattoYfuSlea'ms nhiaginh,t before Norse feasMt oafyVEevtren(?Wtra-lpurgis' `appropriated' > Feast of
endinge.tgh.eMfoidllsouwminmgeyr'esaEr voen, Night)C.'hristmas Eve
All Hallows
Fusion and appropriation
Christianity arrives in 597 AD
Saxon days started the previous evening
Conversion by appropriation
Thus `?fen' or evening is part of the next day
Celtic feast of Samhain, Norse feast of Vetrn?tr `appropriated' > Feast of All Hallows
e.g. Midsummer's Eve, Christmas Eve
ealra halgena ?fen All Hallow's Eve (31st October)
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