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Title:

The Cambridge companion to Old English literature / [edited by] Malcolm Godden and Michael Lapidge.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xix, 355 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

English literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
England--Civilization--To 1066--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Other Authors:

Godden, Malcolm.
Lapidge, Michael.

Notes:

First ed.: 1991. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

1. The social and political background / Nicholas Brooks -- 2. The Old English language / Helmut Gneuss -- 3. The nature of Old English verse / Donald Scragg -- 4. The Anglo-Saxon world view / Daniel Anlezark -- 5. Germanic legend in Old English literature / Roberta Frank -- 6. Values and ethics in heroic literature / Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe -- 7. Pagan survivals and popular belief / John D. Niles -- 8. Beowulf / Andy Orchard -- 9. Preaching and teaching / Mary Clayton -- 10. Perceptions of transience / Christine Fell -- 11. Perceptions of eternity / Milton McC. Gatch -- 12. Biblical literature: the Old Testament / Malcolm Godden -- 13. Biblical literature: the New Testament / Richard Marsden -- 14. The saintly life in Anglo-Saxon England / Michael Lapidge -- 15. Literacy and the uses of the vernacular / Mechthild Gretsch -- 16. The world of Anglo-Saxon learning / Patrizia Lendinara -- 17. Old English after 1066 / Christopher Jones.

Series:

Cambridge companion to literature

ISBN:

0521154022 (pbk.)
9780521154024 (pbk.)
052119332X
9780521193320

OCLC:

(OCoLC)801810250

LCCN:

2012028840

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)