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Old English Verse: Routledge Library Editions: The Anglo-Saxon World

Autor T.A. Shippey
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 feb 2025
Old English Verse (1972) covers the whole range of Old English poetry: the heroic poems, notably Beowulf and Malden; the ‘elegies’, such as The Wanderer and The Seafarer; the Bible stories and the lives of the saints which mark the end of pagan influence and the beginning of Christian inspiration; the Junius Manuscript; and finally King Alfred. All the many quotations are translated.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781032531816
ISBN-10: 1032531819
Pagini: 222
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Library Editions: The Anglo-Saxon World

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Cuprins

1. An Apology for Verse: Introduction  2. The Argument of Courage: Beowulf and Other Heroic Poetry  3. Wisdom and Experience: the Old English ‘Elegies’  4. Language and Style  5. The Fight for Truth: Non-Cynewulfian Saints’ Lives  6. Poetry and the Bible: the Junius Manuscript  7. Poetry and the Individual: Cynewulf  8. The Decline: King Alfred and After

Descriere

Old English Verse (1972) covers the whole range of Old English poetry: the heroic poems, notably Beowulf and Malden; the ‘elegies’, such as The Wanderer and The Seafarer; the Bible stories and the lives of the saints which mark the end of pagan influence and the beginning of Christian inspiration.