Visible Song: Transitional Literacy in Old English Verse »

This book throws light on the debate about the 'orality' or 'literacy' of Old English verse.

List of plates; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations;

1. Introduction;
2. Orality and the developing text of Caedmon's Hymn;
3. Speech, writing and power in Solomon and Saturn I;
4. The writing of the Metrical Preface to Alfred's Pastoral Care;
5. Poems of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle;
6. Interpreting, pointing and reading;
7. Reading and pointing in the major poetic codices;
8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.