{"product_id":"the-anglo-saxon-literature-handbook-paperback-softback-9780631226987","title":"The Anglo Saxon Literature Handbook (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631226987","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Anglo Saxon Literature Handbook\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is a mighty and magisterial book that is at once deeply learned and highly accessible; to read it is to learn from one of the finest teachers in the field: this is exactly the kind of book I wish I had read when I was a student, and exactly the kind of book I wish I had written myself!\"—\u003ci\u003eAndy Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e, University of Toronto\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Presenting an overview of work from the last fifteen years, this handbook offers a useful and detailed survey of the major periods and genres of Old English literature. Liberal use of quotations in Old English will help those new to the field trace larger political and social ideas to their original textual forms. Students will find it an effective starting point for exploration of Anglo-Saxon culture.”—\u003ci\u003eAllen J. Frantzen, Loyola University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMark C. Amodio (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631226987, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 May 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e432 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.544 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\"(An) accessible, invaluable book. Summing Up: Highly recommended.  Lower-and upper-division undergraduates.\"  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 January 2014)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Anglo-Saxon Literature Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e  presents an accessible introduction to the surviving works of prose and poetry produced in Anglo-Saxon England, from AD 410-1066.\u003cu5:p\u003e\u003c\/u5:p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cu5:p\u003e\u003c\/u5:p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eMakes Anglo-Saxon literature accessible to modern readers\u003cu5:p\u003e\u003c\/u5:p\u003e  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHelps readers to overcome the linguistic, aesthetic and cultural barriers to understanding and appreciating Anglo-Saxon verse and prose\u003cu5:p\u003e\u003c\/u5:p\u003e  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduces readers to the language, politics, and religion of the Anglo-Saxon literary world\u003cu5:p\u003e\u003c\/u5:p\u003e  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresents original readings of such works as \u003ci\u003eBeowulf, The Battle of Maldon, The Wanderer, The Seafarer,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cu5:p\u003e\u003c\/u5:p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cu5:p\u003e\u003ca name=\"_GoBack\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/u5:p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cu5:p\u003e\u003c\/u5:p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote on the Text xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1 Anglo-Saxon England: Backgrounds and Beginnings 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical History 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcclesiastical History 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntellectual History 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLinguistic History 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiterary History 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTraditions: Oral and Literate 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Note on Dating Anglo-Saxon Texts 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2 Anglo-Saxon Prose 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Writings of King Alfred the Great 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlfred’s Translation of Pope Gregory the Great’s Pastoral Care 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlfred’s Translation of Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlfred’s Translation of St Augustine’s Soliloquies 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlfred’s Translations of the Prose Psalms of the Paris Psalter 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlfred’s Preface to Wærferth’s Translation of Pope Gregory’s Dialogues 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Vercelli Homilies 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Blickling Homilies 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Old English Orosius 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApollonius of Tyre 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Old English Martyrology 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Life of St Guthlac 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wonders of the East, The Letter of Alexander to Aristotle, and The Life of St Christopher 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBald’s Leechbook and Leechbook III 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Writings of Wulfstan, Archbishop of York 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Writings of Ælfric of Eynsham 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCatholic Homilies 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLives of Saints 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColloquy on the Occupations 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eÆlfric as Author 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3 Anglo-Saxon Poetry 135\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Anglo-Saxon Poetic Tradition 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCædmon’s Hymn 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBede’s Death Song 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Junius Manuscript 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenesis 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenesis A 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenesis B 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExodus 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDaniel 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChrist and Satan 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Poems of the Vercelli Book 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAndreas 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFates of the Apostles 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSoul and Body I (and II) 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHomiletic Fragment I 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Dream of the Rood 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElene 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Exeter Book 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Advent Lyrics (Christ I) 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ascension (Christ II) 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChrist in Judgement (Christ III) 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife of St Guthlac 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGuthlac A 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGuthlac B 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAzarias 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Phoenix 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJuliana 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wanderer 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Gifts of Men 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrecepts 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Seafarer 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVainglory 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWidsið 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fortunes of Men 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaxims (I) 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Order of the World 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rhyming Poem 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Panther, The Whale, The Partridge (The Old English Physiologus) 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSoul and Body II (and I) 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeor 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWulf and Eadwacer 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Exeter Book Riddles 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wife’s Lament 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJudgement Day I 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResignation (A and B) 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Descent into Hell 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlmsgiving 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePharaoh 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Lord’s Prayer I 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHomiletic Fragment II 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Husband’s Message 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ruin 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Poems of Cotton Vitellius A.xv 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeowulf 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJudith 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoems from Various Manuscripts 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Metres of Boethius 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Metrical Psalms of the Paris Psalter 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolomon and Saturn I and II 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