A Guide to Old English

Bruce Mitchell, Fred C. Robinson

ISBN 10: 0631166572 / ISBN 13: 9780631166573

Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 1992

About this Item

: A Guide to Old English es un manual completo para el estudio de la lengua inglesa antigua, también conocida como anglosajón. Este libro, en su quinta edición, ofrece una introducción accesible a la gramática, la literatura y la cultura de la Inglaterra anglosajona. Incluye textos en inglés antiguo con notas explicativas y un glosario detallado, lo que lo convierte en una herramienta valiosa tanto para estudiantes como para académicos interesados en la lingüística histórica y la literatura medieval inglesa. EAN: 9780631166573 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Idiomas Título: A Guide to Old English Autor: Bruce Mitchell| Fred C. Robinson Editorial: Blackwell Publishers Idioma: en Páginas: 400 Formato: tapa blanda.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Guide to Old English
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631166572
• ISBN 13: 9780631166573
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Bueno

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Synopsis

A Guide to Old English is now the standard and most popular introduction to Old English language and literature. The fifth edition has been revised and corrected to take into account suggestions from teachers and students. The two most important new features are a substantial introduction to Old English metre (Appendix C of Part One) and the addition of &AEliglfric′s account of Edmund King and Martyr to the prose texts of Part Two.

Key features of Part One are the fact that sound changes are not treated as an abstract system divorced from the texts, but are discussed when they become relevant to an understanding of the apparent irregularities in inflexion; the authoritative section on syntax; and the introduction to Anglo–Saxon studies, which discusses language, literature, history, archaeology, and ways of life. In Part Two the prose texts selected are those traditionally chosen by teachers precisely because they offer the best introduction to the literature and culture of the period. The verse texts, which with the exception of four extracts from Beowulf are all complete, show something of the range that Old English poetry offers in mood, intensity of feeling, humour, and natural observation. The texts are accompanied by full explanatory notes at the foot of the page and a detailed glossary.

Although most readers of A Guide to Old English will be undergraduate and graduate students, the book has been written so that it can be used by those working on their own who wish simply to gain a greater understanding and enjoyment of the language and literature of the Anglo–Saxons.

About the Author

Bruce Mitchell is Fellow Emeritus of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford.

Fred C. Robinson is Douglas Tracy Smith Professor of English at Yale University.