Old English Literature: A Short Introduction

ISBN: 978-0-631-23485-2

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164 pages

May 2004, Wiley-Blackwell

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An innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature.
Structured around ‘figures’ from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar.
Situates Old English literary texts within a cultural framework.
Creates new connections between different genres, periods and authors.
Combines close textual analysis with historical context.
Based on the author’s many years experience of teaching Old English literature.
The author is co-editor with Seamus Heaney of Beowulf: A Verse Translation (2001) and recently published with Blackwell Lady Godiva: A Literary History of the Legend (2003).