{"product_id":"a-history-of-old-english-literature-hardback-9781118453230","title":"A History of Old English Literature (Hardback) 9781118453230","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA History of Old English Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Revised to incorporate the latest developments, \u003ci\u003eA History of Old English Literature\u003c\/i\u003e remains as indispensable as ever. Its scholarship is up to date, its range comprehensive, its writing animated by a critical intelligence throughout. A new chapter on manuscripts, for example, responds to the field's recent turn to material contexts, and that attention begets a second new chapter on marginal texts like charms and cryptograms. An expanded discussion of legal texts, an updated bibliography, and many localized revisions will benefit everyone from beginning students to seasoned scholars.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eD\u003cb\u003ea\u003c\/b\u003eniel Donoghue, Harvard University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert D. Fulk (Edited by), RD Fulk (Author), Christopher M. Cain (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118453230, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 April 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e504 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.9 x 16 x 2.9 cm, 0.78 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A new generation of students and their professors will undoubtedly apprecite the currency of what has proven to be a widely respected, comprehensive historical treatment of Old English literature.\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 December 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA HISTORY OF OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of Old English Literature\u003c\/i\u003e has been significantly revised to provide an unequivocal response to the renewed historicism in medieval studies. Focusing on the production and reception of Old English texts and on their relation to Anglo-Saxon history and culture, this new edition covers an exceptionally broad array of genres. These range from riddles and cryptograms to allegory, liturgical texts, and romance, as well as lyric poetry and heroic legend. The authors also integrate discussions of Anglo-Latin texts, crucial to understanding the development of Old English literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis second edition incorporates extensive reference to scholarship that has evolved over the past decade, with new chapters on both Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and on incidental and marginal texts. There is expanded treatment throughout, including increased coverage of legal texts and scientific and scholastic texts. The book concludes with a retrospective outline of the reception of Anglo-Saxon literature and culture in subsequent periods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of IIIustrations vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the First Edition (2003) vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Second Edition ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnglo-Saxon England and Its Literature: A Social History 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Chronology and Varieties of Old English Literature 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Literature of the Alfredian Period 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Homilies 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Saints’ Legends (Rachel S. Anderson) 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Biblical Literature 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Liturgical and Devotional Texts 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Legal Texts 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Scientific and Scholastic Texts 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Wisdom Literature and Lyric Poetry 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Germanic Legend and Heroic Lay 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Additions, Annotations, and Marginalia 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion Making Old English New: Anglo-Saxonism and the Cultural Work of Old English Literature 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorks Cited 367\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 481\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52417775567128,"sku":"9781118453230","price":100.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781118453230.jpg?v=1784508256","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-history-of-old-english-literature-hardback-9781118453230","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}