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Old English Literature: A Short Introduction (Blackwell Introductions to Literature)

By Daniel Donoghue

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
0631234853, 9780631234852, 9780470776803
LCC
PR173 .D66 2004
Open Library ID
OL3678149M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1258127 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
160\162
Topic
Literature Literary
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature is structured around what the author calls ‘figures’ from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar. 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).

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