Source of Wisdom: Old English and Early Medieval Latin Studies in Honour of Thomas D. Hill (Toronto Old English Studies)

As one of the most prolific and influential scholars in the field, Thomas D. Hill has made an indelible mark on the study of Old English literature. In celebration of his distinguished career, the editors of __Source of Wisdom__ have assembled a wide-ranging collection of nineteen original essays on Old English poetry and prose as well as early medieval Latin, touching upon many of Hill's specific research interests. Among the topics examined in this volume are the Christian-Latin sources of Old English texts, including religious and 'sapiential' poetry, and prose translations of Latin writings. Old English poems such as __Beowulf__, __The Dream of the Rood__, and __The Wife's Lament__ are treated, throughout, to thematic, textual, stylistic, lexical, and source analysis. Prose writers of the period such as King Alfred and Wærferth, as well as medieval Latin writers such as Bede and Pseudo-Methodius are also discussed. As an added feature, the volume includes a bibliography of publications by Thomas D. Hill. __Source of Wisdom__ is, ultimately, a contribution to the understanding of medieval English literature and the textual traditions that contributed to its development. Pt. I. Beowulf -- Beasts Of Battle, South And North / Joseph Harris -- Fates Of Men In Beowulf / James H. Morey -- Folio 179 Of The Beowulf Manuscript / Frederick M. Biggs -- Pt. Ii. Old English Religious And Sapiential Poetry -- Trinitarian Language: Augustine, The Dream Of The Rood, And Aelfric / James W. Earl -- Leaps Of Christ And The Dream Of The Rood / James W. Marchand -- 'du Eart Se Weallstan': Architectural Metaphor And Christological Imagery In The Old English Christ I And The Book Of Kells / Johanna Kramer -- Remembering In Circles: The Wife's Lament, Conversatio, And The Community Of Memory / Sachi Shimomura -- Word To The Wise: Thinking, Knowledge, And Wisdom In The Wanderer / Alice Sheppard -- Pt. Iii. Old English Prose -- Alfred's Nero / Paul E. Szarmach -- 'remigian' Glosses On Boethius's Consolatio Philosophiae In Context / Joseph Wittig -- Why Ditch The Dialogues? Reclaiming An Invisible Text / David F. Johnson --^ Hagiography And Violence: Military Men In Aelfric's Lives Of Saints / E. Gordon Whatley -- New Latin Source For Two Old English Homilies (fadda I And Blickling I): Pseudo-augustine, Sermo App. 125, And The Ideology Of Chastity In The Anglo-saxon Benedictine Reform / Charles D. Wright -- Christ's Birth Through Mary's Right Breast: An Echo Of Carolingian Heresy In The Old English Adrian And Ritheus / Thomas N. Hall -- Pt. Iv. Old English Beyond The Conquest -- Peterborough Chronicle And The Invention Of 'holding Court' In Twelfth-century England / Andrew Galloway -- Echoes Of Old English Alliterative Collocations In Middle English Alliterative Proverbs / Susan E. Deskis -- Pt. V. Early Medieval Latin -- Bede's Style: A Neglected Historiographical Model For The Style Of The Historia Ecclesiastica? / Danuta Shanzer -- Crux-busting On The Danube: Uel Coniectanea In Cosmographiam Aethici, Ut Dicitur, Istri / Michael W. Herren --^ Revelationes Of Pseudo-methodius And Scriptural Study At Salisbury In The Eleventh Century / Michael W. Twomey -- App. 1. Publications Of Thomas D. Hill -- App. 2. Dissertations Directed By Thomas D. Hill. Edited By Charles D. Wright, Frederick M. Biggs, And Thomas N. Hall. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Publications Of Thomas D. Hill: P. [387]-400.