Includes bibliographical references and index. - Formerly CIP
Introduction: from Pindar to Pound -- The poetics of praise -- Old English, especially Beowulf -- Middle English -- Geoffrey Chaucer -- The decline of praise: two modern instances -- Praise and its purposes
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Formerly CIP
Introduction: from Pindar to Pound -- The poetics of praise -- Old English, especially Beowulf -- Middle English -- Geoffrey Chaucer -- The decline of praise: two modern instances -- Praise and its purposes