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Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Judith, Phœnix, and Other Anglo-Saxon Poems written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : D. G. Scragg
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719008382
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (83 download)
Download or read book The Battle of Maldon written by D. G. Scragg and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Atherton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350167495
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)
Download or read book The Battle of Maldon written by Mark Atherton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depicting one of the defining conflicts of tenth-century England, The Battle of Maldon immortalises the bloody fight that took place along the banks of the tidal river Blackwater in 991, poignantly expressing the lore and language of a determined nation faced with the advance of a ruthless and relentless enemy. But, as Mark Atherton reveals, The Battle of Maldon is more than a heroic tale designed to inspire courage and unity in a time of crisis: rather, it celebrates ideals of loyalty and friendship and commemorates an event which changed the face of English culture. Using Atherton's own vivid and illuminating translations from Old English, The Battle of Maldon: War and Peace in Tenth-Century England evokes the chaotic ebb and flow of the battle while also placing 'Maldon' in the context of its age. Seeking to reconstruct the way of life, the spirituality and the worldview of the original audience, Atherton examines how and why the poem encouraged its readers to relive the visceral experience of battle for themselves. With this exciting study, Atherton provides an authoritative treatment of this iconic text, its history and its legacy. As such, this important book will be a vital resource for all readers of Old English literature and early medieval history.
Author : Michael D. Cherniss
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110866412
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Ingeld and Christ written by Michael D. Cherniss and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R. M. Liuzza
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300129114
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Old English Literature written by R. M. Liuzza and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognizing the dramatic changes in Old English studies over the past generation, this up-to-date anthology gathers twenty-one outstanding contemporary critical writings on the prose and poetry of Anglo-Saxon England, from approximately the seventh through eleventh centuries. The contributors focus on texts most commonly read in introductory Old English courses while also engaging with larger issues of Anglo-Saxon history, culture, and scholarship. Their approaches vary widely, encompassing disciplines from linguistics to psychoanalysis. In an appealing introduction to the book, R. M. Liuzza presents an overview of Old English studies, the history of the scholarship, and major critical themes in the field. For both newcomers and more advanced scholars of Old English, these essays will provoke discussion, answer questions, provide background, and inspire an appreciation for the complexity and energy of Anglo-Saxon studies.
Author : Fred C. Robinson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0631173285
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (311 download)
Download or read book The Tomb of Beowulf written by Fred C. Robinson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1993-08-27 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE TOMB OF BEOWULF Fred C. Robinson is known throughout the world for some of the most original and stimulating work on Old English literature and language published in recent times. This book collects twenty three of his essays, including three substantial new articles on the literary interpretation of Beowulf, the background and value of Ezra Pound’s translation of The Seafarer, and an account of the use of Old English in twentieth-century literary compositions. The essays vary widely in terms of subject and approach. They include literary interpretation and criticism of the best-known Old English poems (The Battle of Maldon and Exodus for example), an account of the historical, religious, and cultural background to the writing of Beowulf, articles on women in Old English literature and on the significance of names and naming. The book as a whole is informed by the author’s preoccupation with meaning, context, and language, and their subtle interactions. Its contents are equally characterized by readability and scholarship, and by learning and wit.
Author : R.M. Liuzza
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 177048485X
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Old English Poetry: An Anthology written by R.M. Liuzza and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: R.M. Liuzza’s Broadview edition of Beowulf was published at almost exactly the same time as Seamus Heaney’s; in reviewing the two together in July 2000 for The New York Review of Books, Frank Kermode concluded that both translations were superior to their predecessors, and that it was impossible to choose between the two: “the less celebrated translator can be matched with the famous one,” he wrote, and “Liuzza’s book is in some respects more useful than Heaney’s.” Ever since, the Liuzza Beowulf has remained among the top sellers on the Broadview list. With this volume readers will now be able to enjoy a much broader selection of Old English poetry in translations by Liuzza. As the collection demonstrates, the range and diversity of the works that have survived is extraordinary—from heartbreaking sorrow to wide-eyed wonder, from the wisdom of old age to the hot blood of battle, and to the deepest and most poignant loneliness. There is breathless storytelling and ponderous cataloguing; there is fervent religious devotion and playful teasing. The poems translated here are meant to provide a sense of some of this range and diversity; in doing so they also offer significant portions of three of the important manuscripts of Old English poetry—the Vercelli Book, the Junius Manuscript, and the Exeter Book.
Author : Emily V. Thornbury
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107051983
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England written by Emily V. Thornbury and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-30 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking study of pre-Conquest English poets that rethinks the social role of Anglo-Saxon verse.
Author : John D. Niles
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
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Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Old English Heroic Poems and the Social Life of Texts written by John D. Niles and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old English Heroic Poems and the Social Life of Texts develops the theme that all stories- all 'beautiful lies', if one considers them as such- have a potentially myth-like function as they enter and re-enter the stream of human consciousness. In particular, the volume assesses the place of heroic poetry (including Beowulf, Widsith, and The Battle of Maldon) in the evolving society of Anglo-Saxon England during the tenth-century period of nation-building. Poetry, Niles argues, was a great collective medium through which the Anglo-Saxons conceived of their changing social world and made mental adjustments to it. Old English 'heroic geography' is examined as an aspect of the mentality of that era. So too is the idea of the oral poet (or bard) as a means by which the people of this time continued to conceive of themselves, in defiance of reality, as members of a tribe-like community knit by close personal bonds. The volume is rounded off by the identification of Bede's story of the poet CAedmon as the earliest known example of a modern folktale type, and by a spirited defense of Seamus Heaney's recent verse translation of Beowulf.
Author : Alger Nicolaus Doane
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 9780299130947
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Vox Intexta written by Alger Nicolaus Doane and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses the questions of how medieval textuality intersected with language production that was, or pretended to be, oral, and whether postmodern notions of textuality can deal adequately with the subject. The 13 essays were presented to an April 1988 conference in Madison, Wisconsin. Paper edition (unseen), $23.50. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Bernard James Muir
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9782881243578
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (435 download)
Download or read book Leođ written by Bernard James Muir and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1989 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Henry Spackman Pancoast
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Early English Poems written by Henry Spackman Pancoast and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Litteraria Pragensia written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies in l1terature and culture.
Author : Laura C. Lambdin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136594256
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature written by Laura C. Lambdin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference is a comprehensive guide to literature written 500 to 1500 A.D., a period that gave rise to some of the world's most enduring and influential works, such as Dante's Commedia, Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, and a large body of Arthurian lore and legend. While its emphasis is upon medieval English texts and society, this reference also covers Islamic, Hispanic, Celtic, Mongolian, Germanic, Italian, and Russian literature and Middle Age culture. Longer entries provide thorough coverage of major English authors such as Chaucer and Sir Thomas Malory, and of genre entries, such as drama, lyric, ballad, debate, saga, chronicle, and hagiography. Shorter entries examine particular literary works; significant kings, artists, explorers, and religious leaders; important themes, such as courtly love and chivalry; and major historical events, such as the Crusades. Each entry concludes with a brief biography. The volume closes with a list of the most valuable general works for further reading.
Author : Robert D. Fulk
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470692839
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)
Download or read book A History of Old English Literature written by Robert D. Fulk and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely introduction to Old English literature focuses on the production and reception of Old English texts, and on their relation to Anglo-Saxon history and culture. Introduces Old English texts and considers their relation to Anglo-Saxon culture. Responds to renewed emphasis on historical and cultural contexts in the field of medieval studies. Treats virtually the entire range of textual types preserved in Old English. Considers the production, reception and uses of Old English texts. Integrates the Anglo-Latin backgrounds crucial to understanding Old English literature. Offers very extensive bibliographical guidance. Demonstrates that Anglo-Saxon studies is uniquely placed to contribute to current literary debates.
Author : Renee R. Trilling
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487513518
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)
Download or read book The Aesthetics of Nostalgia written by Renee R. Trilling and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heroic poetry was central to the construction of Anglo-Saxon values, beliefs, and community identity and its subject matter is often analyzed as a window into Anglo-Saxon life. However, these poems are works of art as well as vehicles for ideology. Aesthetics of Nostalgia reads Anglo-Saxon historical verse in terms of how its aesthetic form interacted with the culture and politics of the period. Examining the distinctive poetic techniques found in vernacular historic poetry, Renée R. Trilling argues that the literary construction of heroic poetry promoted specific kinds of historical understanding in early medieval England, distinct from linear and teleological perceptions of the past. The Aesthetics of Nostalgia surveys Anglo-Saxon literary culture from the age of Bede to the decades following the Norman Conquest in order to explore its cultural impact through both its content and its form.
Author : Helen Foxhall Forbes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317123069
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Heaven and Earth in Anglo-Saxon England written by Helen Foxhall Forbes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christian theology and religious belief were crucially important to Anglo-Saxon society, and are manifest in the surviving textual, visual and material evidence. This is the first full-length study investigating how Christian theology and religious beliefs permeated society and underpinned social values in early medieval England. The influence of the early medieval Church as an institution is widely acknowledged, but Christian theology itself is generally considered to have been accessible only to a small educated elite. This book shows that theology had a much greater and more significant impact than has been recognised. An examination of theology in its social context, and how it was bound up with local authorities and powers, reveals a much more subtle interpretation of secular processes, and shows how theological debate affected the ways that religious and lay individuals lived and died. This was not a one-way flow, however: this book also examines how social and cultural practices and interests affected the development of theology in Anglo-Saxon England, and how ’popular’ belief interacted with literary and academic traditions. Through case-studies, this book explores how theological debate and discussion affected the personal perspectives of Christian Anglo-Saxons, including where possible those who could not read. In all of these, it is clear that theology was not detached from society or from the experiences of lay people, but formed an essential constituent part.
