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A Critical Companion to 'Beowulf'
Boydell & Brewer 2004; US$ 80.00This 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 Poetic Art of Aldhelm
Cambridge University Press 1994; US$ 38.00A substantial study of the Latin poetry of Aldhelm, 'the first English man of letters'. more...
The Elder Edda
Penguin Books Ltd 2011; Not AvailableCompiled by an unknown scribe in Iceland around 1270, and based on sources dating back centuries earlier, these mythological and heroic poems tell of gods and mortals from an ancient era: the giant-slaying Thor, the doomed V?lsung family, the Hel-ride of Brynhild and the cruelty of Atli the Hun. Eclectic, incomplete and fragmented, these verses nevertheless... more...
Anglo-Saxon Perceptions of the Islamic World
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 32.00Scarfe Beckett is concerned with western representations of the Islamic world in the Anglo-Saxon period. Using a wide variety of literary, historical and archaeological evidence, she argues that the perception of Arabs, Ismaelites and Saracens derived from Christian exegesis preconditioned a hostility towards Islamic peoples which prevailed over actual... more...
The Intellectual Foundations of the English Benedictine Reform
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 53.00This book explores the intellectual foundations of the Benedictine reform in tenth-century England. It examines the importance of the vernacular at Bishop Æthelwold's influential Winchester school. Æthelwold's early career is also examined, showing the influence King Æthelstan's court had on intellectual and spiritual thought. more...
Ælfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynsham
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 46.00The 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 Literature
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 37.00How 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...
Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 40.00The author argues that Old English poetic descriptions of the natural world were not a reflection of physical conditions but a literary device used to define important issues, such as the state of humanity, the power of individuals and the relationship between God and creation. more...
Aelfric and the Cult of Saints in Late Anglo-Saxon England
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 32.00The cult of saints was one of the most important aspects of life in the Middle Ages, and it often formed the nucleus of developing group identities in a town, a province or a country. This book examines five of Aelfric's saints' Lives in their contemporary political and intellectual setting. more...
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