Understatement in Old English Poetry¶
Bracher. (1937). Understatement in Old English Poetry. PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America.
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- Classical and literary craft — catalogued from Quintilian onward, and famously over-used in Anglo-Saxon poetry ("not a few thanes were left lying") as a marker of restraint or irony.
This sourceFrederick Bracher's PMLA study of understatement in Old English poetry, opening from the observation that its frequent use is one of the most striking features of the style.
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“One of the most striking features of the style of Old English poetry is the frequent use of rhetorical understatement.”
- Classical and literary craft — catalogued from Quintilian onward, and famously over-used in Anglo-Saxon poetry ("not a few thanes were left lying") as a marker of restraint or irony.
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