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A Companion to Anglo-Saxon Literature
Phillip Pulsiano (Edited by), P Pulsiano (Author), Elaine Treharne (Edited by)
9781405176095, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 16 May 2008
560 pages
24.7 x 17.3 x 3 cm, 0.953 kg
"The latest addition to Blackwell's comprehensive surveys of literature and culture, this volume offers an impressive array of essays by reputable scholars ... This Companion will be a valuable introduction for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students and useful resource for faculty." "A Companion to Anglo-Saxon Literature is an impressive anthology of erudite essays written by scholars around the world on the topic of Anglo-Saxon literature, particularly that of the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries. Prose, poetry, religious, and secular literature are all discussed at length in this college-level analysis and presentation, which is very highly recommended for academic literary studies in general, and medieval studies in reference collections in particular." "Many of the world's leading Anglo-Saxonists have contributed to this volume which provides a very useful overview of current preoccupations of those who study and teach Old English literature." "Stimulating introductions that bring out the wider potential of their topics for understanding the Anglo-Saxon past ... much to offer the more experienced reader as well as the novice."
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Literature and History
Literature and History
This acclaimed volume explores and unravels the contexts, readings, genres, intertextualities and debates within Anglo-Saxon studies.
Contributors x Preface xv Acknowledgements xvi Abbreviations xvii Map 1 Late Anglo-Saxon England xviii Part I Contexts and Perspectives 1 1 An Introduction to the Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Vernacular Literature 3 2 An Introduction to the Corpus of Anglo-Latin Literature 11 3 Transmission of Literature and Learning: Anglo-Saxon Scribal Culture 50 4 Authorship and Anonymity 71 5 Audience(s), Reception, Literacy 84 6 Anglo-Saxon Manuscript Production: Issues of Making and Using 102 Part II Readings: Cultural Framework and Heritage 119 7 The Germanic Background 121 8 Religious Context: Pre-Benedictine Reform Period 135 9 The Benedictine Reform and Beyond 151 10 Legal and Documentary Writings 170 11 Scientific and Medical Writings 188 12 Prayers, Glosses and Glossaries 209 Part III Genres and Modes 231 13 Religious Prose 233 14 Religious Poetry 251 15 Secular Prose 268 16 Secular Poetry 281 17 Anglo-Latin Prose 296 Part IV Intertextualities: Sources and Influences 325 18 Biblical and Patristic Learning 327 19 The Irish Tradition 345 20 Continental Germanic Influences 375 21 Scandinavian Relations 388 Part V Debates and Issues 401 22 English in the Post-Conquest Period 403 23 Anglo-Saxon Studies: Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries 415 24 Anglo-Saxon Studies in the Nineteenth Century: England, Denmark, America 434 25 Anglo-Saxon Studies in the Nineteenth Century: Germany, Austria, Switzerland 455 26 By the Numbers: Anglo-Saxon Scholarship at the Century’s End 472 27 The New Millennium 496 Selected Further Reading 506 Index 511
Elaine Treharne and Phillip Pulsiano
Joseph P. McGowan
Jonathan Wilcox
Mary Swan
Hugh Magennis
Michelle P. Brown
Patrizia Lendinara
Susan Irvine
Joyce Hill
Carole Hough
Stephanie Hollis
Phillip Pulsiano
Roy M. Liuzza
Patrick W. Conner
Donald G. Scragg
Fred C. Robinson
Joseph P. McGowan
Thomas Hall
Charles D. Wright
Rolf Bremmer
Robert E. Bjork
Elaine Treharne
Timothy Graham
J. R. Hall
Hans Sauer
Allen Frantzen
Nicholas Howe
Subject Areas: Literature: history & criticism [DS]
