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The Poems of MS Junius 11: Basic Readings

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2002
ISBN
0815338627, 9780815338628
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8138336 bytes)
Series
Basic Readings in Anglo-Saxon England, Vol. 8
Volume
8
Edition
1
Pages
304\350
Time added
2013-06-30 00:44:34

Description

Taken from the same manuscript as Cynewulf , the Junius 11 poems - Genesis, Exodus, Daniel and Christ and Satan - comprise a series of redacted Old English works that have been traditionally presented as the work of Bede's Caedmon. Medieval scholars have concluded that the four poems were composed by more than one author and later edited by Junius in 1655. All of the poems are notable for their Christian content. Apart from its focus on the Junius 11 manuscript, this collection of essays is also important as a study of how to read, edit and define any medieval literary text.

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