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Old English Literature
Contributor(s): Donoghue, Daniel (Author)
ISBN: 0631234853     ISBN-13: 9780631234852
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $121.72  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 2004
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literary Criticism | Medieval
Dewey: 829.09
LCCN: 2003018469
Series: Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Literature
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.3" W x 9.22" (0.82 lbs) 164 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453)
 
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Publisher Description:
This innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature is structured around what the author calls 'figures' from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar.

  • An innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature.
  • Structured around 'figures' from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar.
  • Situates Old English literary texts within a cultural framework.
  • Creates new connections between different genres, periods and authors.
  • Combines close textual analysis with historical context.
  • Based on the author's many years experience of teaching Old English literature.
  • The author is co-editor with Seamus Heaney of Beowulf: A Verse Translation (2001) and recently published with Blackwell Lady Godiva: A Literary History of the Legend (2003).