In this essay I examine two texts from radically different cultural situations: Anglo-Saxon monasteries and the rural Black South. Nevertheless, their respective provenance--in terms of speaker, reporter and legitimizing institution--bear intriguing similarities. Each text is concerned with the biography of the oral poet and issues of transcribing his orality.//, quotation marks removed from title to ensure alphabetical order. Difference as follows; "Ah ain't heard whut de tex' wuz": The (Il)legitimate
Textuality of Old English and Black Englis
