Mary P. Richards

The Old English Poem Seasons for Fasting

A Critical Edition

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Produktbeschreibung

The Old English Poem Seasons for Fasting: A Critical Edition provides a new text and translation of the poem, accompanied by an extensive introduction, commentary, and glossary.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: West Virginia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9781938228438
• ISBN-10: 193822843X
• Artikelnr.: 40051128

Autorenporträt

Mary P. Richards is Professor of English Emerita at the University of Delaware. The author of four books and numerous essays and reviews, she has focused on Anglo-Saxon and early Norman manuscripts and texts, especially those associated with Rochester Cathedral Priory and Old English laws. Her book Texts and Their Traditions in the Medieval Library of Rochester Cathedral Priory, drew together all of these interests and laid the foundation for her recent work on Seasons for Fasting. Since 1986 she has published eight essays on the laws, three on Rochester materials, and two on Seasons: "Prosaic Poetry: Late Old English Poetic Composition" in Old English and New: Essays in Language and Linguistics in Honor of Frederic G. Cassidy, and "Old Wine in a New Bottle: Recycled Instructional Materials in Seasons for Fasting," in The Old English Homily: Precedent, Practice, and Appropriation.