THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE

Godden, Malcolm and Lapidge, Michael [Edited by]

ISBN 10: 0521374383 / ISBN 13: 9780521374385

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991

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Octavo, vi, vii, x, xiii, 298 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine blue with yellow and white lettering. Exterior has extremely slight wear including minor edge wear. Boards have minimal wear including mild splaying to the fore edges. Text block has slight wear including mild foxing to the edges. Frontispiece. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Q, ND-Q. 1394791. FP New Rockville Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521374383
• ISBN 13: 9780521374385
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

This book introduces students to the literature of Anglo-Saxon England, the period from 600–1066, in a collection of fifteen specially commissioned essays. The Companion is aimed at students encountering Old English literature for the first time, who require clear guidance and orientation in an unfamiliar field. The first chapters describe briefly the political, social and ecclesiastical history of the period and how poetry and prose developed and flourished. A succinct account of Old English language provides beginners with a guide to grammar, syntax and vocabulary. Subsequent chapters explore such topics as Germanic legend and heroic ideals, paganism and fatalism, the cult of saints and responses to the Bible. Important prose texts, such as those by Bede, Alfred, Aelfric and Wulfstan, are covered under these thematic headings. Poems such as The Battle of Maldon, The Wanderer, The Seafarer and The Dream of the Rood, are discussed in detail, but in association with related texts, in prose as well as poetry. A separate chapter is devoted to Beowulf, but aspects of the poem are also discussed in other chapters. Finally a bibliography lists essential editions, reference works and critical studies.

Book Description

This book introduces students to the literature of Anglo-Saxon England, the period from 600–1066, in a collection of fifteen specially commissioned essays. The Companion is aimed at students encountering Old English Literature for the first time, and teachers who have no expertise in Old English but who require clear guidance in an unfamiliar field.