Old English Prose and Verse - An Annotated Selection With Introductions and Notes By

Originally published in 1966, this book provides students of the earliest stage of our literature with a selection of texts for a complete introductory course. All the principal poems and prose works in this literature are represented, including more generous extracts from Beowulf than are common in anthologies of this type.

List of contents

Preface. Abbreviations. Prose I: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Introduction 1. The Feud of Cynewulf and Cyneheard 2. Alfred’s Wars with the Danes 3. A Portrait of William the Conqueror II: Alfredian Prose 4. Alfred’s Preface to the Pastoral Care 5. Bede’s Account of the Poet Cædmon 6. The Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan III: Romance 7. Apollonius of Tyre IV: Homilies 8. The End of the World 9. Wulfstan’s Address to the English 10. Ælfric’s Life of King Oswald. Verse I: Heroic Poetry 11. Beowulf 12. The Battle of Maldon II: Religious Epic 13. Andreas 14. Genesis B III: Short Poems 15. The Dream of the Rood 16. The Wanderer 17. The Seafarer 18. Deor IV: Poetic Paraphrase 19. The Phoenix 20. Alfred’s Translation of a Metre of Boethius. Bibliography. Notes. Glossary.

About the author

Roger Fowler

Summary

Originally published in 1966, this book provides students of the earliest stage of our literature with a selection of texts for a complete introductory course. All the principal poems and prose works in this literature are represented, including more generous extracts from Beowulf than are common in anthologies of this type.

Product details

• Authors: Roger Fowler, Fowler Roger
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781032225869
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3222586-9
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Anglo-Saxon / Old English, Anglo-Saxon