Jonathan Davis-Secord is an assistant professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of New Mexico.

• 1. Introduction: Connecting Grammar, Style, and Culture2. Compounds as Translation Tools3. Compound Interest4. Compound Discourses in the Old English Boethius and Juliana5. Controlling Pace in Prose: Wulfstan’s Old English Homilies6. Controlling Pace in Poetry: Beowulf7. Conclusion: Ubi Est Ælfric?

‘This book offers new ways of thinking about how compounds are used and it will inform future study. It is a welcome addition to the field.’- Paul Cavill (The Review of English Studies October 2016) ‘Jonathan Davis-Secord has woven a rich tapestry from such seemingly uninspiring threads as compounds, and his richly textured book is sure to please a range of scholars from a variety of perspectives.’- Don Chapman (Anglia vol 135:2017) ‘An original, stimulating, and impressively erudite exploration of the role of compounds in Old English literary culture… This learned and engaging book opens up several new approaches to the study of a key feature of Old English verbal art and deserves to find a wide readership.’- Richard Dance (Speculum, vol 92:04:2017) ‘In this book Davis-Secord brings to bear new and promising modes of analysis in a wide-ranging and provocative discussion.’- Greg Waite (Parergon vol 34:02:2017) "This thoroughly researched book opens up a wide variety of new approaches to familiar texts and will likely prove an essential resource for scholars of Old English literature, rhetoric, and culture."- Courtney Catherine Barajas, The University of Texax at Austin (University of Toronto Quarterly, vol 87 3, Summer 2018)