The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature

Herausgeber: Godden, Malcolm; Lapidge, Michael

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This updated edition has been thoroughly revised to take account of recent scholarship and includes five new chapters.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 700g
• ISBN-13: 9780521193320
• ISBN-10: 052119332X
• Artikelnr.: 37598276

Inhaltsangabe

1. The social and political background Nicholas Brooks
2. The Old English language Helmut Gneuss
3. The nature of Old English verse Donald Scragg
4. The Anglo-Saxon world view Daniel Anlezark
5. Germanic legend in Old English literature Roberta Frank
6. Heroic values and Christian ethics Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe
7. Pagan survivals and popular belief John D. Niles
8. Beowulf Andy Orchard
9. Preaching and teaching Mary Clayton
10. Perceptions of transience Christine Fell
11. Perceptions of eternity Milton McC. Gatch
12. Biblical literature: the Old Testament Malcolm Godden
13. Biblical literature: the New Testament Richard Marsden
14. The saintly life in Anglo-Saxon England Michael Lapidge
15. Literacy and the uses of the vernacular Mechthild Gretsch
16. The world of Anglo-Saxon learning Patrizia Lendinara
17. Old English after 1066 Christopher Jones
Further reading
Index.