This popular reader--a standard since its first edition in 1876--helps students acquire a sound elementary knowledge Old English by studying of a rich variety of poetry and prose. Selections cover a wide range of dialects and genres, from an early Northumbrian form of Caedmon's Hymn and ninth-century Kentish charters to the complete texts of The Dream of the Rood and Wulfstan's Address to the English, with ample literary and historical notes.
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Henry Sweet (1845-1912) was a philologist, and is also considered to be an early linguist. He specialized in the Germanic languages, particularly Anglo-Saxon (an early version of English), Old Icelandic, and West Saxon.
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Condition: Good. : Este popular lector, un estándar desde su primera edición en 1876, ayuda a los estudiantes a adquirir un conocimiento elemental sólido del inglés antiguo mediante el estudio de una rica variedad de poesía y prosa. Las selecciones cubren una amplia gama de dialectos y géneros, desde una forma temprana de Northumbria del Himno de Caedmon y cartas de Kent del siglo IX hasta los textos completos de El sueño de la cruz y el Discurso de Wulfstan a los ingleses, con amplias notas literarias e históricas. Revisado por Dorothy Whitelock. EAN: 9780198111696 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Otros Título: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader in Prose and Verse Autor: Henry Sweet Editorial: Oxford University Press Idioma: en Páginas: 420 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2024-07-29-5fed847e