Old English Literature: A Short Introduction (Blackwell Introductions to Literature)
Daniel Donoghue
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).
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Anno:
2004
Casa editrice:
Wiley-Blackwell
Lingua:
english
Pagine:
162
ISBN 10:
0631234861
ISBN 13:
9780631234869
Collana:
Blackwell Introductions to Literature
File:
PDF, 1.20 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2004
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