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Anglo-Saxon / Old English literature

Beowulf: A Reader's Guide to Essential Criticism
by Jodi-Anne George
Designed with students in mind, this clearly written and set out volume provides a chronological history of Beowulf criticism, from the survival and transmission of the manuscript to the diverse set of theoretical approaches advocated by current scholars. The only thing on which critics can agree regarding Beowulf is its importance, and this book is thus extremely useful in setting out the myriad problems of interpretation, and the no less ...
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Hardback. Price GB £45.00

The Homiletic Writings of Archbishop Wulfstan
by Joyce Tally Lionarons
This study focuses on three particular aspectsof Wulfstan's homiletic writings: the re-establishment of the Wulfstan homiletic canon, Wulfstan's processes of composition and revision as manifested in their manuscript variants, and his characteristic themes and concerns. These include adherence to secular and divine law; the keeping of Christian feasts and fasts; the payment of church dues and tithes; social justice for the poor; absolute clerical ...
Hardback. Price GB £60.00

Wordcraft
by Stephen Pollington
This dictionary and thesaurus makes accessible the core vocabulary relating to Anglo-Saxon life and culture. Words in the dictionary are encoded for easy cross-reference to the thesaurus which has over fifty headings, such as art, church, evil, kin, time, warfare, wealth and so on. 233p. (Anglo-Saxon Books 1993)
Paperback. Price GB £9.95
Paperback. Price GB £9.95

Aldhelm: The Poetic Works
translated by Michael Lapidge and James Rosier
Provides translations of all of Aldhelm's surviving Latin poetic works, including the Carmen Ecclesiastica, Enigmata, Carmen de Virginitate and Carmen Rhythmicum. A short introduction discusses Aldhelm's life and poetic style. 274p (Boydell 1985, Pb 2009)
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Aldhelm: The Prose Works
translated by Michael Lapidge and Michael Herren
Aldhelm (c.640-709) Abbot of Malmesbury and Bishop of Sherborne, was the best read writer in Latin in Anglo-Saxon England. This book translates his surviving prose works (there is a companion volume for his poetry), which comprise the treatise De virginitate, the composite work Epistola ad Acircium which deals with numerology and poetic metre, and thirteen letters. 210p (Boydell 1979, Pb 2009)
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Between Medieval Men: Male Friendship and Desire
by David Clark
This challenging and well-written study approaches the elusive question of the nature of same-sex relations and attitudes to them in Old English Literature from a variety of perspectives. It continually throws up questions about our assumptions and approach to the subject, both warning against an underlying heterosexist view of early medieval europe, and against seeing homosexuality everywhere - two chapters focus on the range of meanings which ...
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Working with Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts
edited by Gale R. Owen-Crocker
This book is an accessible and generously illustrated guide to manuscript study for students of Anglo-Saxon history and literature. Bringing together invaluable advice and information from a group of scholars at the forefront of their fields, the book aims to develop in the reader an informed approach to the mechanisms for accessing and handling manuscripts along with knowledge of the rich resources of the Anglo-Saxon period - and its research ...
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Intertexts: Studies in Anglo-Saxon Culture
edited by Virginia Blanton and Helene Scheck
This collection of essays written by some of the most prominent scholars in the field honours Paul E. Szarmach by bringing together a range of studies relating to Anglo-Saxon literature and culture. As the title suggests, the main concern of the volume is the interconnectedness of a variety of texts, including literary, cultural, historical, scholarly, and ecclesiastical. Organized into three sections that consider scholarly reception, material ...
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Form and Content of Instruction in Anglo-Saxon England in the Light of Contemporary Manuscript Evidence
edited by Patrizia Lendianra, Loredana Lazzari and Maria Amalia D'Aronco
This volume of scholarly essays takes as its theme education (primarly monastic) in the Anglo-Saxon period, with a focus on its latter centuries. The contributors all take manuscripts as their principal form of evidence, with many of the articles being on one specific manuscript, or indeed marginal gloss. A further theme is that of medical instruction and the transmission of medical knowledge. 539p b/w and col pls (Brepols 2007)
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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 GB £68.00