Zacher, Samantha

Samantha Zacher is an assistant professor in the Department of English at Cornell University.

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New Readings in the Vercelli Book

edited by Zacher, Samantha & Orchard, Andy

edition:Hardcover

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The late tenth-century Vercelli Book (Vercelli, Biblioteca Capitolare CXVII) contains one of the earliest surviving collections of homilies and poetry in the English language. The manuscript's combination of poetry and homiletic prose has generated intense scholarly debate, and there is no consensus concerning the original purpose of the compiler.

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