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A history of Old English literature / [electronic resource]

by Fulk, R. D. (Robert Dennis); Cain, Christopher M.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Blackwell histories of literature: Publisher: Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.Edition: Second edition.Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9781118441121; 1118441125; 9781118441114; 1118441117; 9781118441152; 111844115X; 9781118441138; 1118441133; 1118453239; 9781118453230.Subject(s): To 1500 | English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism | Christian hagiography -- History -- To 1500 | LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh | Christian hagiography | English literature -- Old English | Electronic books | Criticism, interpretation, etc | HistoryOnline resources: Wiley Online Library
Contents:
Introduction: Anglo-Saxon England and its literature: a social history -- The chronology and varieties of Old English literature -- Anglo-Saxon manuscripts -- Literature of the Alfredian period -- Homilies -- Saints? legends (Rachel S. Anderson) -- Biblical literature -- Liturgical and devotional texts -- Legal texts -- Scientific and scholastic texts -- Wisdom literature and lyric poetry -- Germanic legend and heroic lay -- Additions, annotations, and marginalia -- Conclusion: Making Old English new: Anglo-Saxonism and the cultural work of Old English literature.
Summary: This revised edition of A History of Old English Literature draws extensively on the latest scholarship to have evolved over the last decade. The text incorporates additional material throughout, including two new chapters on Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and incidental and marginal texts. This revised edition responds to the renewed historicism in medieval studiesProvides wide-ranging coverage, including Anglo-Latin literature as well as non-canonical writingsIncludes new chapters on manuscripts and on marginal and incidental textsIncorporates expande.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Anglo-Saxon England and its literature: a social history -- The chronology and varieties of Old English literature -- Anglo-Saxon manuscripts -- Literature of the Alfredian period -- Homilies -- Saints? legends (Rachel S. Anderson) -- Biblical literature -- Liturgical and devotional texts -- Legal texts -- Scientific and scholastic texts -- Wisdom literature and lyric poetry -- Germanic legend and heroic lay -- Additions, annotations, and marginalia -- Conclusion: Making Old English new: Anglo-Saxonism and the cultural work of Old English literature.

This revised edition of A History of Old English Literature draws extensively on the latest scholarship to have evolved over the last decade. The text incorporates additional material throughout, including two new chapters on Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and incidental and marginal texts. This revised edition responds to the renewed historicism in medieval studiesProvides wide-ranging coverage, including Anglo-Latin literature as well as non-canonical writingsIncludes new chapters on manuscripts and on marginal and incidental textsIncorporates expande.

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