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Anglo-Saxon literature

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  • Race and Ethnicity in Anglo-Saxon Literatureby Stephen J. Harris

    Routledge 2003; US$ 164.00

    From Bede in the eighth century to Geoffrey of Monmouth in the twelfth, Harris explores the intersections of race and literature before the rise of imagined communities. more...

  • A Critical Companion to 'Beowulf' by Andy Orchard

    Boydell & Brewer 2004; US$ 85.00

    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 remaining Old English texts. The book is intended to offer guidance and stimulus to all readers of Beowulf, whether scholars, students or first-time readers of the most complex, engaging, and gripping work to survive from Anglo-Saxon England. more...

  • Ælfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynshamby Christopher A. Jones; Simon Keynes; Andy Orchard

    Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 44.00

    The Anglo-Saxon scholar Ælfric composed an important set of Latin liturgical instructions for his fellow monks. This book contains a new edition of the Latin text with a critical apparatus, and the only complete English translation, along with a commentary and substantial introductory chapters. more...

  • Paradise, Death and Doomsday in Anglo-Saxon Literatureby Ananya Jahanara Kabir; Simon Keynes; Andy Orchard

    Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 35.00

    How did the Anglo-Saxons conceptualise the interim between death and Doomsday? In Paradise, Death and Doomsday in Anglo-Saxon Literature, Dr Kabir presents the first investigation into the Anglo-Saxon belief in the 'interim paradise': paradise as a temporary abode for good souls following death and pending the final decisions of Doomsday. more...

  • Beowulfby T. A. Shippey; Andreas Haarder

    Routledge 1998; US$ 300.00

    This impressive volume selects over one hundred works of critical commentary from the vast body of scholarship on Beowulf, including English translations from German, Danish, Latin and Spanish. 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...

  • Landscape of Desireby Gillian R. Overing; Marijane Osborn

    University of Minnesota Press 1994; US$ 67.50

    The exhilarating journey of two female scholars is described in this book, which describes their travels as they follow Beowulf?s sea route and explore legendary sites from the Icelandic sagas. more...

  • Modernism, Feminism, and Jewishnessby Maren Tova Linett

    Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 26.00

    An analysis of the cultural meanings of Jewishness in the work of Woolf, Djuna Barnes, and others. more...

  • Beowulfby Anonymous; Burton Raffel

    Penguin Group Inc. 1999; US$ 4.99

    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? From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less more...

  • A History of Old English Literatureby Robert D. Fulk; Christopher M. Cain

    John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 116.95

    This timely introduction to Old English literature focuses on the production and reception of Old English texts, and on their relation to Anglo-Saxon history and culture. Introduces Old English texts and considers their relation to Anglo-Saxon culture. Responds to renewed emphasis on historical and cultural contexts in the field of medieval studies. Treats virtually the entire range of textual types preserved in Old English. Considers the production, reception and uses of Old English texts. Integrates the Anglo-Latin backgrounds crucial to understanding Old English literature. Offers very extensive bibliographical guidance. Demonstrates that Anglo-Saxon studies is uniquely placed to contribute to current literary debates. more...