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Record Nr.

UNISA996226118203316

Autore

Fulk R. D (Robert Dennis)

Titolo

A history of Old English literature [[electronic resource] /] / R.D. Fulk and Christopher M. Cain ; with a chapter on saints' legends by Rachel S. Anderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Blackwell, 2013

ISBN

1-118-44113-3

1-118-44114-1

1-299-27759-4

1-118-44115-X

1-118-44112-5

Edizione

[2nd. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (431 p.)

Collana

Blackwell histories of literature

Altri autori (Persone)

CainChristopher M

AndersonRachel S

Disciplina

829.09

Soggetti

English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism

Christian hagiography - History - To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"With a chapter on saints' legends by Rachel S. Anderson"--Title page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.