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Anglo-Saxon literature

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  • Boudicaby Gaby Halberstam

    Bloomsbury Publishing 2012; US$ 9.99

    Following the death of her husband, Boudica , queen of the Iceni tribe, is brutally attacked by the occupying Romanforces. Her home is pillaged, her daughters abused, and her land stolen from under her. Fearless, intelligent and determined, shemanages to free her daughters and escape, returning with the might of an angry supporting army. With a story... more...

  • Medieval English:Literature and Languageby Fritz Kemmler; Iryna Riekert

    Narr Francke Attempto 2012; US$ 26.95

    Hauptbeschreibung The fifth edition of this innovative approach to English Medieval Studies offers an expanded corpus of Old and Middle English texts. The selection from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle now includes entries recording Viking raids during the second half of the ninth century. Readers and students interested in Middle English lyrics will find... more...

  • Alfred den Store, Danmarks geografiby Ove Jørgensen

    John Benjamins Publishing Company 1985; US$ 32.00

    I denne bog foretager forfatteren en undersøgelse af de fire afsnit i kong Alfreds The Old English Orosius, hvori gammelt dansk område beskrives.Efter en forskningsoversigt imødegås de forestillinger, som flere tidligere forskere har dannet sig om, at kong Alfred ? navnlig i Skandinavien ? har anvendt en nordretning, som afviger fra den astronomiske.... more...

  • A Critical Companion to 'Beowulf' by Andy Orchard

    Boydell & Brewer 2004; US$ 80.00

    This book contains an overview of the current state of scholarship on Beowulf, looking back over the history of the field and suggesting new directions for future research. More than 1,000 books, articles, recordings and websites are surveyed and a nuanced sense is offered of the great variety of views that have been expressed on this greatest of all... more...

  • The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literatureby Malcolm Godden; Michael Lapidge

    Cambridge University Press 1991; US$ 30.00

    This book introduces students to the literature of Anglo-Saxon England, the period from 600 1066, in a collection of fifteen specially commissioned essays. The Companion is aimed at students encountering Old English Literature for the first time, and teachers who have no expertise in Old English but who require clear guidance in an unfamiliar field. more...

  • Beowulfby Anonymous; Burton Raffel; Burton Raffel; Roberta Frank

    Penguin Group US 1999; US$ 4.95

    Beowulf is the earliest extant poem in a modern European language reflecting a feudal, newly Christian world of heroes and monsters, blood and victory, life and death. Its beauty, power, and artistry have kept it alive for more than thirteen centuries. @Eazy-B Uh oh. Grendel?s mom showed up. She is really pissed. Wait. Monsters have feelings?... more...

  • The Origins of Beowulfby Richard North

    Oxford University Press, UK 2007; US$ 149.99

    This fascinating study suggests that the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf was composed in the winter of 826-7 as a requiem for King Beornwulf of Mercia on behalf of Wiglaf, the ealdorman who succeeded him. The place of composition is given as the minster of Breedon on the Hill in Leicestershire (now Derbyshire) and the poet as Eanmund, abbot of Breedon. -... more...

  • The Poetics of Childhoodby Roni Natov

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 62.95

    Children's literature provides a medium through which writers re-create or approximate the sensibility of a child. But what exactly is this sensibility, and how does it find creative expression in adulthood? What language can portray the seemingly untranslatable experience of a child? The Poetics of Childhood , winner of the 2005 International... more...

  • Beowulfby Harold Bloom

    Infobase Publishing 2007; US$ 54.00

    Composed about CE 1000, "Beowulf" is the longest known poem written in Old English. Considered one of the great epics, the Anglo-Saxon saga relates the heroic deeds of the warrior Beowulf, who kills the man-eating monster Grendel, and the monster's mother. Containing touches of Christian and pagan symbolism, "Beowulf" is the... more...

  • CliffsNotes Beowulfby Elaine Strong Skill

    John Wiley & Sons 1999; US$ 5.99

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