| Description |
x, 370 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [305]-360. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The Anglo-Latin background -- The Alfredian translations and related ninth-century texts -- Ælfric, Wulfstan, and other late prose -- Legal and scientific prose -- Some remarks on the nature and quality of Old English poetry -- Secular heroic poetry -- The Christian saint as hero -- Old Testament narrative poetry -- Miscellaneous religious and secular poetry -- Lore and wisdom -- Elegiac poetry. |
| Subject |
English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism.
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| Indexed Term |
Old English literature - Critical studies |
| Added Author |
Calder, Daniel Gillmore.
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Lapidge, Michael.
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| ISBN |
0814730027 alkaline paper |
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9780814730027 alkaline paper |
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0814730884 paperback |
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9780814730881 paperback |
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