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How tradition works : a meme-based cultural poetics of the Anglo-Saxon tenth century

Title
How tradition works : a meme-based cultural poetics of the Anglo-Saxon tenth century / Michael D.C. Drout.
Author
Drout, Michael D. C., 1968-
Publication
Tempe, Ariz. : Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, c2006.

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Description
xvii, 333 p. : maps; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Medieval and Renaissance texts and studies ; v. 306
Uniform Title
Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series) ; v. 306.
Subject
  • Exeter book
  • English literature > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism
  • English language > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > Texts
  • Civilization, Anglo-Saxon > Sources
  • Monasticism and religious orders > Rules
  • Memetics
  • Poetics
  • England > Civilization > To 1066
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-317) and index.
Contents
How tradition works -- why memetics? -- The English Benedictine reform : a concise summary -- The rule of St. Benedict, the Regularis concordia, and the memetic basis of reform culture -- Anglo-Saxon wills and the inheritance of tradition -- Repetition, pattern recognition, tradition, and style -- The interplay of traditions : style and the Old English translation of the enlarged rule of Chrodegang -- The Exeter Book wisdom poems and the Benedictine reform -- The vocabulary of the wisdom poems and the Chrodegang translation.
ISBN
  • 9780866983501 (alk. paper)
  • 0866983503 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2006007478
OCLC
  • ocm65197747
  • SCSB-14521267
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library