
Francisco Rozano-GarcíaOllscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway | NUI Galway · Department of English
Francisco Rozano-García
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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 Latin models of dialogic literature to invite reflec...
This study reexamines the case for Old Norse influence on the Old English poem Wulf and Eadwacer by considering the potential adaptation of Old Norse metrical grammar to the conventions of Old English verse, which results in the poem’s unusual structure, syntax, and diction. The case for Old Norse influence on the poem is reconsidered here in the l...
The many obscurities surrounding the origin of Unferϸ in the Old English epic Beowulf, his background, his intentions, or even the meaning of his very name, have fascinated readers and scholars alike throughout the past two centuries. However, despite all this attention, we still know next to nothing about the person and motivations of Unferϸ. The...
The Old English poem Andreas has traditionally been considered inferior to other texts such as Beowulf, owing to its apparent borrowing of phraseology. This paper argues that verbal parallels are part of the poet's assimilative composition technique and re-evaluates the place of Andreas in the corpus of Old English poetry.