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DOI: 10.1080/19403364.1990.11755239

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The literary prose of King Alfred's reign is examined, including Aelfric's works and Archbishop Wulfstan's handbook.

Abstract

The literary prose of King Alfred's reign - translation or transformation? The chronology of Aelfric's works. A new Latin version of the Passio Margaritae with comment on Marina in the Old English martyrology. The English saints remembered in Old English anonymous homilies. The tradition and structure of Archbishop Wulfstan's handbook. Aelfric, the prose vision and the dream of the rood. The wolf on shepherds - Wulfstan, bishops and the context of the Sermo Lupi as Anglos. Alfred, with special reference to literature. Aelfric since Reinsma.

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SZARMACH, P. Old english prose. ANQ-A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SHORT ARTICLES NOTES AND REVIEWS, 1990, 3: 56–59.