A New Critical History of Old English Literature

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Anglo-Saxon prose and poetry is, without question, the major literary achievement of the early Middle Ages (c. 700-1100). In no other vernacular language does such a vast store of verbal treasures exist for so extended a period of time. For twenty years the definitive guide to that literature has be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Greenfield, Stanley B.
Otros Autores: Calder, Daniel G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 1996.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
English literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature > Old English, approximately 450-1100 > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface to the New Edition; Acknowledgments; Preface to the Original Edition; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 The Anglo-Latin Background; CHAPTER 2 The Alfredian Translations and Related Ninth-Century Texts; CHAPTER 3 AElfric, Wulfstan, and Other Late Prose; CHAPTER 4 Legal and Scientific Prose; CHAPTER 5 Some Remarks on the Nature and Quality of Old English Poetry; CHAPTER 6 Secular Heroic Poetry; CHAPTER 7 The Christian Saint as Hero; CHAPTER 8 Christ as Poetic Hero; CHAPTER 9 Old Testament Narrative Poetry.
  • CHAPTER 10 Miscellaneous Religious and Secular PoetryCHAPTER 11 Lore and Wisdom; CHAPTER 12 Elegiac Poetry; Abbreviations; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index.

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