Language & Literature

ISBN: 9789979542643
Published by : Iceland University Press
A collection of eight lectures, now translated into English, which clearly reappraise Old Norse religion and Old Icelandic folk beliefs. Topics include a reinterpretation of the gods and giants of Old Norse, including their genealogy, their con... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780859895439
Published by : The Exeter Press
Eighteen essays about Beowulf providing a succinct, up-to-date introduction to modern studies. The essays look at aspects of its verse style, oral formulation, sources and comparative material, Christian and pagan elements, symbolism and allego... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780859895187
Published by : The Exeter Press
A revised version of Wrenn's edition which takes account of recent scholarship. A classic edition designed specifically for students of Old English. .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780851156996
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The Colloquies Latin conservations set in a monastic school, open a door into the world of Anglo-Saxon monasticism, revealing the details of daily activities: rising and dressing, studying the day's lesson, eating, bathing and tonsuring. It is... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780802078797
Published by : University of Toronto Press
A seminal collection of studies on the date of Beowulf, now back in print, that overturned previous scholarship and raised much new information. .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780791432044
Published by : State University of New York Press
A study of Old English poetry from the point of view of its interpretation beginning with the assumption that Anglo-Saxon concepts of reading were very different from our own. Emphasis is placed on the need to examine the interaction between conte... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781898281382
Published by : Anglo-Saxon Books
A complete and easy to use Old English course for the beginner which contains all the exercises and texts needed to learn Old English. A step by step approach enables students of differing abilities to advance at their own pace. This new editio... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781898281054
Published by : Anglo-Saxon Books
An index of the homilies (not the texts), including the homilies of Ælfric, Wulfstan and the Blickling and Vercelli codices, allowing both the researcher and the general reader to range more freely across the landscape of these crucial texts. .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781898281320
Published by : Anglo-Saxon Books
A book full of ingenious characters who speak their names in riddles-a bookworm, an iceberg, an oyster, the sun and moon and a one-eyed garlic seller are just a few that bear witness to the every-day life and imagination of the Anglo-Saxons. Th... .... Learn More