Anglo-Saxon / Old English literature
Old English poetry and prose literature.
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The Exeter Anthology of Old English Poetry
edited by Bernard J. Muir
A new edition of the whole of the Exeter Book, with a commentary and bibliography. 530p in two vols (Exeter UP 1994, new edn 2000)
Hardback. Price GB £100.00
The Old English Poem - Judgement Day II
edited and translated by Graham D Caie
A complete edition of the Cambridge manuscript text, with translation, of Judgement Day II, which was probably composed in the 10th century. A detailed introduction examines the sources for the poem, particularly Bede's Die die iiudicii and ...
Hardback. Print on Demand. Price GB £50.00
Our Englishness
edited by Tony Linsell
Seven writers whose backgrounds are in Anglo-Saxon studies argue for a distinctive English identity, founded in the Early Medieval period. This is a topical study of the historical roots of nationalism in England which has theoretical and political ...
Paperback. Price GB £11.95
The Transmission of Old English Poetry
by Peter Orton
Most of the 185 surviving complete or fragmentary Old English poems can be found in at least two manuscripts, with a large number of overlapping lines. This detailed study examines the relationship between the manuscript texts and assesses the problems ...
Hardback. Price GB £47.00
Anglo-Saxon Glosses and Glossaries
by Patrizia Lendinara
A detailed analysis of glosses, their origins, aims and use, within the context of Anglo-Saxon schools, monasteries and society. Some pieces newly translated from Italian. c.420p(Ashgate 1999)
Hardback. Price GB £90.00
Maxims in Old English Poetry
by Paul Cavill
Investigation of the maxim in Old English literature, taking comparisons from the Bible and other Old Germanic languages and considering the use of maxims in poems such as The Battle of Maldon and Beowulf. 256pp, (Boydell and Brewer, ...
Hardback. Price GB £45.00
Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry
by Jennifer Neville
This book discusses descriptions of the natural world, both supernatural and human elements, in Old English poetry. Animals, diseases, landscapes, seas and the weather are all included. Neville argues that these are not true descriptions of physical ...
Hardback. Price GB £47.50
Alcuin: The Bishops, Kings and Saints of York
edited by Peter Godman
A reprint of Godman's text, translation and commentary of Alcuin's 8th-century poems, with an extensive introduction. 210p (Oxford UP 1982, rep 1998)
Hardback. Price GB £92.50
Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts and their Heritage, 10th to 12th Centuries
edited by Phillip Pulsiano and Elaine Treharne
This volume brings togethet some of the best of recent studies in the understanding of manuscripts and the related reappraisal of the language and society of the period. Includes digital image processing and textual and iconographic study, and shows the ...
Hardback. Price GB £60.00
Bede: A Biblical Miscellany
edited by W. Trent Foley and Arthur G. Holder
Six of Bede's shorter biblical writings, revealing his range as a biblical exegete, and placing his well-known Ecclesiastical History in context. They are On Tobias, On the Resting Places, Thirty Questions on the Book of Kings, ...
Paperback. Price GB £15.00
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