id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt 9880vq3016f Corey John Zwikstra The Psychology of Wisdom in Old English Poetry 2009 .txt text/plain 299 11 40 On the levels of characterization, narrative, and theme, wisdom performs often essential functions in a variety of Old English texts, most intensely in poetry and frequently in texts outside the approved canon of Old English wisdom literature. This dissertation challenges conventional wisdom by means of a lexical approach that clarifies the definition of wisdom in Old English, gives us a way to access an Anglo-Saxon understanding of literature about wisdom, and accordingly alters and revitalizes the canon of Old English wisdom literature. cache/9880vq3016f.txt txt/9880vq3016f.txt