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Anglo-Saxon / Old English literature
Old English poetry and prose literature.
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Tolkien's Mythology For England: A Middle-Earth Companion
by Edmund Wainwright
Contains information about Tolkien's life and work. Tolkien was concerned that much of early English mythology had been lost. He set out to create a new mythology for England which drew on early sources. Most of the book focuses on The Lord of the Rings and shows how Tolkien used his knowledge of Anglo-Saxon and Norse literature and language to shape his plots and characters. 150p, (Anglo-Saxon Books 2004)
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$17.95, Our Price US$15.00
Form and Content of Instruction in Anglo-Saxon England in the Light of Contemporary Manuscript Evidence: Papers Presented at the International Conference, Udine, 6-8 April 2006
edited by Patrizia Lendinara, Loredana Lazzari and Maria Amalia D'Aronco
The essays collected in this volume focus on a prominent aspect of Anglo-Saxon culture: educational texts and the Insular manuscripts which have preserved them. The English imported manuscripts and texts from the Continent, whilst a series of foreign masters, from Theodore of Tarsus to Abbo of Fleury, brought with them knowledge of works which were being studied in Continental schools. Although monastic education played a leading role for the ...
Paperback. Price US$86.00
Old English Heroic Poems and the Social Life of Texts
by J D Niles
Old English Heroic Poems and the Social Life of Texts develops the theme that all stories- all 'beautiful lies', if one considers them as such - have a potentially myth-like function as they enter and re-enter the stream of human consciousness. In particular, the volume assesses the place of heroic poetry (including Beowulf, Widsith, and The Battle of Maldon) in the evolving society of Anglo-Saxon England during the ...
Hardback. Price US$116.00
Text, Image, Interpretation: Studies in Anglo-Saxon Literature and its Insular Context in Honour of Éamonn O Carragáin
edited by A. Minnis and J. Roberts
In emulation of Professor Éamonn O Carragáin, who has, over the last few decades, demonstrated how words and images together join in that extraordinary cultural achievement which is the Ruthwell Cross, the volume seeks to transcend the established methods of the single discipline. The twenty-six essays draw together insights from fields as diverse as archaeology, art history, and liturgy to reflect on the literature and material culture ...
Hardback. Price US$160.00
A Departed Music: Readings in Old English Poetry
by Walter Nash
The readings are passages of translation from Old English poems. The author paraphrases their content and discuses their place and significance in the history of poetic art in Old English society and culture. This approach gives the reader an opportunity to appreciate the cultural importance of the surviving body of poems, the values and perceptions that inspired them, and the significance of individual poems. 240p, (Anglo-Saxon Books ...
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Rune Cards, 2nd edition
by Tony Linsell and Brian Partridge
30 pen and ink drawing by Brian Partridge; 80 page booklet by Tony Linsell gives information about the origin of runes, their meaning and how to read them. The boxed set of 30 cards contains some of the most beautiful and descriptive black and white line drawings that I have ever seen on this subjectPagan News 30 cards, 80 page booklet, 30 b/w illus., (Anglo-Saxon Books 2003)
Paperback. Price US$17.95
The Owl and the Nightingale
edited by Neil Cartlidge
The Owl and the Nightingale is one of the first and greatest long comic poems in the English language and one of the best-known and most accomplished of all medieval literary texts. By turns both gleefully trivial and allusively serious, it has been described by literary critics as a 'most miraculous piece of writing', 'a marvel of literary art' and 'a truly amazing phenomenon'. There is no other edition currently in print and this is the ...
Paperback. Price US$31.95
English Heroic Legends
by Kathleen Herbert
In an attempt to encourage students of Old English language and literature, the author has taken examples from heroic poetry and turned them into stories. Sources include Beowulf, The Husband's Message from the Exeter Book and runes. The second part of the book examines the original texts and extracts themes which are an endless supply of inspiration for modern storytelling. 281p (Spellcraft 1993, rep 1993, 1996, rep ...
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Bede: On Tobit and on the Canticle of Habakkuk
by Seán Connolly
A new translation of Bede's Biblical commentary on the Tobit and the Canticle of Habakkuk - which was sung in the monastic liturgy every Friday. This is the first time that both have been translated into English and made much more accessible. There is a useful introduction, notes and bibliography supplemented by an index of names and themes which allows easy cross-referencing. 141p (Four Courts Press 1997)
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The Anglo-Saxon World
by Kevin Crossley-Holland
First published in 1982, this book contains a wide selection of translations from the writings of the Anglo-Saxons, including heroic and Christian poems, laws, chronicles, elegies, riddles, charters, charms, allegories and sermons. Contains full texts of both Beowulf and The Battle of Maldon, and is illustrated with a range of Anglo-Saxon artefacts. Each section is placed in context by a brief introduction. 275p with illus. ...
Hardback. Price US$50.00
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