Old English Verse

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-53180-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 490 g

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: The Anglo-Saxon World

Old English Verse (1972) covers the whole range of Old English poetry: the heroic poems, notably Beowulf and Malden; the ‘elegies’, such as The Wanderer and The Seafarer; the Bible stories and the lives of the saints which mark the end of pagan influence and the beginning of Christian inspiration; the Junius Manuscript; and finally King Alfred. All the many quotations are translated.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shippey, T A

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. An Apology for Verse: Introduction 2. The Argument of Courage: Beowulf and Other Heroic Poetry 3. Wisdom and Experience: the Old English ‘Elegies’ 4. Language and Style 5. The Fight for Truth: Non-Cynewulfian Saints’ Lives 6. Poetry and the Bible: the Junius Manuscript 7. Poetry and the Individual: Cynewulf 8. The Decline: King Alfred and After

Über Autor(innen)

T.A. Shippey