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Author : Henry Edwards
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385127726
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (851 download)
Download or read book A Collection of Old English Customs written by Henry Edwards and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-25 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Commissioners for inquiry into charities
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book A collection of old English customs, and curious bequests and charities, extr. from the reports made by th Commissioners for enquiring into charities in England and Wales, by H. Edwards written by Commissioners for inquiry into charities and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Edwards
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.+/5 (18 download)
Download or read book A Collection of Old English Customs, and Curious Bequests and Charities ... written by Henry Edwards and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Hampson Ditchfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Old English Customs Extant at the Present Time written by Peter Hampson Ditchfield and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : P. H. Ditchfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.I/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Old English Sports : Pastimes and Customs written by P. H. Ditchfield and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bruce Mitchell
Publisher : Oxford : B. Blackwell
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book A Guide to Old English written by Bruce Mitchell and published by Oxford : B. Blackwell. This book was released on 1965 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles D. Wright
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521419093
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (214 download)
Download or read book The Irish Tradition in Old English Literature written by Charles D. Wright and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-07 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Wright identifies the characteristic features of Irish Christian literature which influenced Anglo-Saxon vernacular authors. As a full-length study of Irish influence on Old English religious literature, the book will appeal to scholars in Old English literature, Anglo-Saxon studies, and Old and Middle Irish literature.
Author : Hana Videen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069123275X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book The Wordhord written by Hana Videen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from the origins of English—and what they reveal about the lives of the earliest English speakers Old English is the language you think you know until you actually hear or see it. Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer’s Middle English, Old English—the language of Beowulf—defies comprehension by untrained modern readers. Used throughout much of Britain more than a thousand years ago, it is rich with words that haven’t changed (like word), others that are unrecognizable (such as neorxnawang, or paradise), and some that are mystifying even in translation (gafol-fisc, or tax-fish). In this delightful book, Hana Videen gathers a glorious trove of these gems and uses them to illuminate the lives of the earliest English speakers. We discover a world where choking on a bit of bread might prove your guilt, where fiend-ship was as likely as friendship, and where you might grow up to be a laughter-smith. The Wordhord takes readers on a journey through Old English words and customs related to practical daily activities (eating, drinking, learning, working); relationships and entertainment; health and the body, mind, and soul; the natural world (animals, plants, and weather); locations and travel (the source of some of the most evocative words in Old English); mortality, religion, and fate; and the imagination and storytelling. Each chapter ends with its own “wordhord”—a list of its Old English terms, with definitions and pronunciations. Entertaining and enlightening, The Wordhord reveals the magical roots of the language you’re reading right now: you’ll never look at—or speak—English in the same way again.
Author : Jacqueline Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191578525
Total Pages : 1046 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of English Folklore written by Jacqueline Simpson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-10-09 with total page 1046 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. An engrossing guide to English folklore and traditions, with over 1,250 entries. Folklore is connected to virtually every aspect of life, part of the country, age group, and occupation. From the bizarre to the seemingly mundane, it is as much a feature of the modern technological age as of the ancient world. BL Oral and Performance genres-Cheese rolling, Morris dancing, Well-dressingEL BL Superstitions-Charms, Rainbows, WishbonesEL BL Characters-Cinderella, Father Christmas, Robin Hood, Dick WhittingtonEL BL Supernatural Beliefs-Devil's hoofprints, Fairy rings, Frog showersEL BL Calendar Customs-April Fool's Day, Helston Furry Day, Valentine's DayEL
Author : Janet Clarkson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 144222715X
Total Pages : 1335 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Food History Almanac written by Janet Clarkson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-12-24 with total page 1335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Food History Almanac covers 365 days of the year, with information and anecdotes relating to food history from around the world from medieval times to the present. The daily entries include such topics as celebrations; significant food-related moments in history from the fields of science and technology, exploration and discovery, travel, literature, hotel and restaurant history, and military history; menus from famous and infamous meals across a wide spectrum, from extravagant royal banquets to war rations and prison fare; birthdays of important people in the food field; and publication dates for important cookbooks and food texts and “first known” recipes. Food historian Janet Clarkson has drawn from her vast compendium of historical cookbooks, food texts, scholarly articles, journals, diaries, ships’ logs, letters, official reports, and newspaper and magazine articles to bring food history alive. History buffs, foodies, students doing reports, and curious readers will find it a constant delight. An introduction, list of recipes, selected bibliography, and set index, plus a number of period illustrations are added value.
Author : Puttick and Simpson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Catalogue of an Extensive and Very Interesting Collection of Books in Most Departments of Literature written by Puttick and Simpson and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dawson, William, & Sons, of London
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Catalogue of Standard English Authors written by Dawson, William, & Sons, of London and published by . This book was released on 1809 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph Rezek
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 081229162X
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book London and the Making of Provincial Literature written by Joseph Rezek and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early nineteenth century, London publishers dominated the transatlantic book trade. No one felt this more keenly than authors from Ireland, Scotland, and the United States who struggled to establish their own national literary traditions while publishing in the English metropolis. Authors such as Maria Edgeworth, Sydney Owenson, Walter Scott, Washington Irving, and James Fenimore Cooper devised a range of strategies to transcend the national rivalries of the literary field. By writing prefaces and footnotes addressed to a foreign audience, revising texts specifically for London markets, and celebrating national particularity, provincial authors appealed to English readers with idealistic stories of cross-cultural communion. From within the messy and uneven marketplace for books, Joseph Rezek argues, provincial authors sought to exalt and purify literary exchange. In so doing, they helped shape the Romantic-era belief that literature inhabits an autonomous sphere in society. London and the Making of Provincial Literature tells an ambitious story about the mutual entanglement of the history of books and the history of aesthetics in the first three decades of the nineteenth century. Situated between local literary scenes and a distant cultural capital, enterprising provincial authors and publishers worked to maximize success in London and to burnish their reputations and build their industry at home. Examining the production of books and the circulation of material texts between London and the provincial centers of Dublin, Edinburgh, and Philadelphia, Rezek claims that the publishing vortex of London inspired a dynamic array of economic and aesthetic practices that shaped an era in literary history.
Author : Dieter Bitterli
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 0802093523
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Say what I Am Called written by Dieter Bitterli and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps the most enigmatic cultural artifacts that survive from the Anglo-Saxon period are the Old English riddle poems that were preserved in the tenth century Exeter Book manuscript. Clever, challenging, and notoriously obscure, the riddles have fascinated readers for centuries and provided crucial insight into the period. In Say What I Am Called, Dieter Bitterli takes a fresh look at the riddles by examining them in the context of earlier Anglo-Latin riddles. Bitterli argues that there is a vigorous common tradition between Anglo-Latin and Old English riddles and details how the contents of the Exeter Book emulate and reassess their Latin predecessors while also expanding their literary and formal conventions. The book also considers the ways in which convention and content relate to writing in a vernacular language. A rich and illuminating work that is as intriguing as the riddles themselves, Say What I Am Called is a rewarding study of some of the most interesting works from the Anglo-Saxon period.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Yale Studies in English written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel Donoghue
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470776803
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Old English Literature written by Daniel Donoghue and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature is structured around what the author calls ‘figures’ from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar. An innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature. Structured around ‘figures’ from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar. Situates Old English literary texts within a cultural framework. Creates new connections between different genres, periods and authors. Combines close textual analysis with historical context. Based on the author’s many years experience of teaching Old English literature. The author is co-editor with Seamus Heaney of Beowulf: A Verse Translation (2001) and recently published with Blackwell Lady Godiva: A Literary History of the Legend (2003).
Author : Detroit Public Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 870 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (25 download)
Download or read book General Catalogue of the Public Library of Detroit, Mich written by Detroit Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
