Hugh Magennis (Queen's University Belfast)

The Cambridge Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Literature

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An approachable and stimulating introduction to Anglo-Saxon literature, this book provides indispensable guidance for students on this important topic in literary studies. Key individual works including Beowulf are discussed in detail, with modern English translations, and the literature is placed in larger historical and theoretical contexts.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Introductions to Literature
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780521734653
• ISBN-10: 0521734657
• Artikelnr.: 32706940

Autorenporträt

Hugh Magennis is Professor of Old English Literature and Director of the Institute of Theology at Queen's University, Belfast.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Approaching Anglo-Saxon literature; 2. Literary traditions; 3. Varieties of narrative; 4. Belief, knowledge, experience: some non-narrative strands; 5. Anglo-Saxon afterlives, medieval to modern: later uses and appropriations of Anglo-Saxon writings; Appendix: resources for studying Anglo-Saxon literature, Bibliography.

Rezensionen

'Hugh Magennis has produced a book that will be extremely useful to any new student or general reader of Anglo-Saxon literature.' Jennifer S. Key, Notes and Queries