The Cambridge introduction to Anglo-Saxon literature / Hugh Magennis.
2011
PR173 .M34 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
The Cambridge introduction to Anglo-Saxon literature / Hugh Magennis.
Author
Magennis, Hugh.
ISBN
9780521734653 (pbk.)
0521734657 (pbk.)
9780521519472
0521519470
0521734657 (pbk.)
9780521519472
0521519470
Publication Details
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2011.
Language
English
Description
xii, 217 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
PR173 .M34 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
829.09
Summary
"An approachable and stimulating introduction to Anglo-Saxon literature, this book provides indispensable guidance for students on this important and rewarding area of literary studies. The chapters are clearly organised by topic and significant attention is paid to key individual works, including Beowulf, The Seafarer and writings by Bede. All textual quotations are translated into modern English, with the original language texts carefully explained. The Introduction synthesises and develops dominant approaches to Anglo-Saxon literature today, integrating Old English and Latin traditions, and placing the literature in larger historical and theoretical contexts. The structure, style and layout is attractive and user-friendly, including illustrative figures and textboxes, and Magennis provides guidance on resources for studying Anglo-Saxon literature, informing the reader of opportunities for investigating the subject further. Overall, the book enables a thorough understanding and appreciation of artful and eloquent works from a distant past, which still speak powerfully to people today"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Cambridge introductions to literature.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Approaching Anglo-Saxon literature
Chapter 2. Developing literary traditions
Chapter 3. Varieties of narrative
Chapter 4. Belief, knowledge, experience: some non-narrative strands
Chapter 5. Anglo-Saxon afterlives, medieval to modern: later uses and appropriations of Anglo-Saxon writings
Appendix: resources for studying Anglo-Saxon literature.
Chapter 2. Developing literary traditions
Chapter 3. Varieties of narrative
Chapter 4. Belief, knowledge, experience: some non-narrative strands
Chapter 5. Anglo-Saxon afterlives, medieval to modern: later uses and appropriations of Anglo-Saxon writings
Appendix: resources for studying Anglo-Saxon literature.