A history of Old English literature / R. D. Fulk and Christopher M. Cain.

Author/creator Fulk, R. D.
Other author Cain, Christopher M.
Format Electronic
EditionSecond edition.
Publication InfoChichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
Description1 online resource.
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Contents Introduction: Anglo-Saxon England and its literature: a social history -- The chronology and varieties of Old English literature -- Anglo-Saxon manuscripts -- Literature of the Alfredian period -- Homilies -- Saints? legends (Rachel S. Anderson) -- Biblical literature -- Liturgical and devotional texts -- Legal texts -- Scientific and scholastic texts -- Wisdom literature and lyric poetry -- Germanic legend and heroic lay -- Additions, annotations, and marginalia -- Conclusion: Making Old English new: Anglo-Saxonism and the cultural work of Old English literature.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Fulk, R. D. (Robert Dennis) History of Old English literature Second edition. Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2013 9781118453230
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013004127
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