Description:
Preaching the Converted provides a sustained literary analysis of The Vercelli Book's prose homilies and demonstrates that they employ rhetorical techniques commonly associated with vernacular verse.
Brief description:
Samantha Zacher is a professor of English and medieval studies at Cornell University.
Review Quotes: 'Preaching the Converted is immensely interesting and well-informed. An original and substantial work, it engages closely with the Vercelli Homilies themselves, balancing detailed analysis of individual words, phrases, and passages, with exploration of their wider implications. Preaching the Converted should be read and cited by a broad range of scholars, will be indispensable for Old English course reading lists, and will have wide student appeal.'--Susan Irvine, Department of English, University College London