Old English Literature

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  • Old English Literature Book Detail

  • Author : Daniel Donoghue
  • Release Date : 2008-04-15
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Genre : Literary Criticism
  • Pages : 160
  • ISBN 13 : 0470776803
  • File Size : 37,37 MB
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Old English Literature by Daniel Donoghue PDF Summary

Book Description: This innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature is structured around what the author calls ‘figures’ from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar. An innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature. Structured around ‘figures’ from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar. Situates Old English literary texts within a cultural framework. Creates new connections between different genres, periods and authors. Combines close textual analysis with historical context. Based on the author’s many years experience of teaching Old English literature. The author is co-editor with Seamus Heaney of Beowulf: A Verse Translation (2001) and recently published with Blackwell Lady Godiva: A Literary History of the Legend (2003).

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Old English Literature

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