The Cambridge companion to Old English literature, edited by Malcolm Godden and Michael Lapidge
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- England
- English literature
- Littérature anglaise -- 450-1100 (vieil anglais) -- Histoire et critique
- Grande-Bretagne -- Vie intellectuelle -- Jusqu'à 1066
- Civilization
- Altenglisch
- History
- Angleterre -- Civilisation -- Jusqu'à 1066
- Anglo-Saxons (peuple germanique)
- Littérature anglaise + ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) + Histoire et critique
- Literatur
- Aufsatzsammlung
- Great Britain
- Angleterre -- Civilisation -- Jusqu'à 1066
- England -- Civilization -- To 1066 -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Letterkunde
- Oudengels
- English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Littérature anglaise -- ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) -- Histoire et critique
- Handbooks and manuals
- Geschichte
- Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Altenglisch
- English literature + Old English
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Old English literature
- Civilisation anglo-saxonne
- To 1100
- Geschichte 450-1100
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The Cambridge companion to Old English literature, edited by Malcolm Godden and Michael Lapidge
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-291) and index
Illustrations
maps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
The Cambridge companion to Old English literature
Nature of contents
bibliographyhandbooks
Oclc number
22344855
Responsibility statement
edited by Malcolm Godden and Michael Lapidge
Summary
Ideal for students, this collection of fifteen specially commissioned essays covers all aspects of Anglo-Saxon literature from 600-1066
Table of contents
Anglo-Saxon society and its literature / Patrick Wormald -- The Old English language / Helmut Gneuss -- The nature of Old English verse / Donald G. Scragg -- The nature of Old English prose / Janet Bately -- Germanic legend in Old English literature / Roberta Frank -- Heroic values and Christian ethics / Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe -- Pagan survivals and popular belief / John D. Niles -- Beowulf / Fred C. Robinson -- Fatalism and the millennium / Joseph B. Trahern, Jr. -- Perceptions of transience / Christine Fell -- Perceptions of eternity / Milton McC. Gatch -- Biblical literature : the Old Testament / Malcolm Godden -- Biblical literature : the New Testament / Barbara C. Raw -- The saintly life in Anglo-Saxon England / Michael Lapidge -- The world of Anglo-Saxon learning / Patrizia Lendinara
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