| Anglo-Saxon England: Volume 12 Contributor(s): Clemoes, Peter (Editor), Keynes, Simon (Editor), Lapidge, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521332028 ISBN-13: 9780521332026 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $94.95 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 1986 Annotation: Four very different kinds of Anglo-Saxon thinking are clarified in this volume ? traditions, learned and oral, about the settlement of the country, study of foreign-language grammar, interest in exotic jewels as reflections of the glory of God, and (surprisingly, no doubt, to some) a mainly rational attitude to medicine. Publication of no less than three recent discoveries augments our corpus of manuscript evidence. The nature of Old English poetry is illuminated ? as a variety of oral expression and as exemplified in a particular poet's treatment of a particular Latin source. A useful summary of the present state of editorial treatment of textual properties in Beowulf is provided. As usual the concluding item is a systematic bibliography of recent work in all branches of Anglo-Saxon studies ? this time the publications of 1982. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 942 |
| Series: Anglo-Saxon England |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6" W x 9" (1.50 lbs) 348 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Four very different kinds of Anglo-Saxon thinking are clarified in this volume: traditions, learned and oral, about the settlement of the country, study of foreign-language grammar, interest in exotic jewels as reflections of the glory of God, and a mainly rational attitude to medicine. Publication of no less than three discoveries augments our corpus of manuscript evidence. The nature of Old English poetry is illuminated, and a useful summary of the editorial treatment of textual problems in Beowulf is provided. A re-examination of the accounts of the settlement in Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle yields insights into the processes of Anglo-Saxon learned historiography and oral tradition. A thorough-going analysis of an under-studied major work, Bald's Leechbook, demonstrates that the compiler, perhaps in King Alfred's reign, translated selections from a wide range of Latin texts in composing a well-organized treatise directed against the diseases prevalent in his time. The usual comprehensive bibliography of the previous year's publications in all branches of Anglo-Saxon studies rounds off the book. |