Table of contents : Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. Knowledge of Rhetoric in Anglo-Saxon England 2. The Patterns of Latin and Vernacular Vers 3. The Figure of 'The Phoenix' 4. A Dead End? 'Judgment Day II' 5. Through the Looking-Glass: 'Riddles' 35 and 40 6. The Verse and Virtuosity of Cynewulf Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index