Heathen Gods in Old English Literature Contributor(s): North, Richard (Author), Keynes, Simon (Editor), Orchard, Andy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521030269 ISBN-13: 9780521030267 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $33.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: Richard North offers a complete revision of our view of Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian paganism and mythology in the pre-Viking and Viking age. He discusses the pre-Christian gods of Bede's history of the Anglo-Saxon conversion with reference to a god known as Ingui. Using expert knowledge of comparative literary material from Old Norse-Icelandic and other Old Germanic languages, North reconstructs the slender Old English evidence in an imaginative and original treatment of poems such as "Deor" and "The Dream of the Rood." |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - History |
Dewey: 829.093 |
Series: Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England |
Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6" W x 9" (1.26 lbs) 392 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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Publisher Description: Richard North offers a complete revision of our view of Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian paganism and mythology in the pre-Viking and Viking age. He discusses the pre-Christian gods of Bede's history of the Anglo-Saxon conversion with reference to a god known as Ingui. Using expert knowledge of comparative literary material from Old Norse-Icelandic and other Old Germanic languages, North reconstructs the slender Old English evidence in an imaginative and original treatment of poems such as Deor and The Dream of the Rood. |