Old and Middle English c.890-c.1400

An Anthology, Second Edition
2. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-1-4051-1313-7
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 712 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 246 mm

Reihe: Blackwell Anthologies

Spanning almost seven centuries, this anthology of literary texts ranges from the earliest writings in English up to the time of Chaucer. It encapsulates the foundation and consolidation of literature written in English, culminating in some of the finest works produced in the high Middle Ages. For the second edition, the anthology has been extended to include newly edited versions of key late medieval texts, particularly 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight', substantial extracts from 'Piers Plowman', and selections from the works of Chaucer. The texts are arranged by date of manuscript, foregrounding issues of dating, textual transmission, authorship and audience. Full translations are offered for all the Old and earlier Middle English material, along with marginal glosses for the later texts, making them accessible to those who are not language specialists. A general introduction gives an outline of the key works and the historical context in which they were written.

Reviews:

Monsters, erotic desire, spiritual Angst, the adventures of saints and knights, the harshness and joy of nature Treharne's anthology makes vivid and accessible early medieval literature in all its vitality and variety. The effect is to challenge notions of how modern literature constructs reality.' 'Peter Brown, University of Kent at Canterbury

Old and Middle English 'c.890-c.1400: An Anthology is a valuable seminar resource. It contains an imaginative selection of canonical and non-canonical material, and can be used both to facilitate group discussion and to encourage independent student research.' 'Helen Moore, Oxford University

The broad scope of this anthology, including its presentation of Old English texts with the original and translation on facing pages as well as its focus upon the manuscript contexts of the texts, is something that sets it apart from other such collections and makes it an ideal choice for survey courses in medieval English literature.' 'Stephen R. Reimer, University of Alberta'

Zielgruppe

students of Old and Middle English literature, students of medieval history

Autoren/Hrsg.

Treharne, Elaine M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Alphabetical List of Authors and Works

Preface and Acknowledgements

Chronology of Events and Literary Landmarks

Introduction

Bedes Ecclasiastical History

Cadmons Hymn

Account of the Anglo-Saxons

Life of Cadmon

Alfred

Preface to the translation of Gregorys Pastoral Care

Translation of Boethius Consolation Of Philosophy

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Annal 755: Cynewulf and Cyneheard

Annal 855-78: The Death of Edmund; Alfreds Battle with the Vikings

The Reign of Æðelstan and The Battle of Brunanburb

The Exeter Book

Advent Lyrics VII and VIII (from Christ I)

The Wanderer

The Seafarer

The Whale

Deor

Wulf and Eadwacer

Exeter Book Riddles: 5, 7, 12, 26, 29, 30, 43-46, 55

The Wifes Lament

The Husbands Message

The Ruin

The Vercelli Book

The Fates of the Apostles

Vercelli Homily X

The Dream of the Rood

Ælfrics

Old English Preface to his first series of Catholic Homilies

Homily on the Nativity of Innocents

Old English Preface to his Lives of Saints

Passion of Saint Edmund

The Battle of Maldon

The Beowulf-Manuscript

Beowulf

Judith

The Junius Manuscript

Exodus

Wulfstans Sermo Lupi ad Anglos

Apollonius of Tyre

The Peterborough Chronicle

The Life of St Margaret

The Hymns of Saint Godric

The Orrmulum

Cambridge, Trinity College B. 14. 52

Poema Morale

Trinity Homily 33

Hali Meiðhad

Ancrene Wisse

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Digby 86

Ubi Sount Qui Ante Nos Fuerount?

Stond wel, Moder, Ounder Rode

The Fox and the Wolf

Dame Siriþ

Love is Sofft

Oxford, Jesus College 29

The Love-Ron of Friar Thomas Hales

London, British Library, Cotton Caligula A. ix

Lazamons Brut

The Owl and the Nightingale

Lyrics from Cambridge, Trinity College B. 14.39

Of One that is so Fair and Bright

When I Think on Domesday

When the Turf is Thy Tower

A Saying of St Bernard

- Sing of One that is Matchless

An Orison to our Lady

The South English Legendary

The Life of St Wulfstan

Cursor Mundi

Robert Mannyng of Brunne:

The Chronicle

The Land of Cockayne

Auchinleck Manuscript

Sir Orfeo

London, British Library, Harley 2253

Earth upon Earth

Alysoun

Spring

Advice to Women

An Old Mans Prayer

Blow, northerne wynd

The death of King Edward I

- syke when Y singe

An Autumn Song

King Horn

The Ayenbite of Inwit

Richard Rolle

Ego Dormio

Ghostly Gladness

Athelston

Ywain and Gawain

Wynnere and Wastoure

William Langland

Piers Plowman

Geoffrey Chaucer

General Prologue

The Wife of Baths Prologue and Tale

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Select Bibliography

Glossary of Common Hard Words

Index of Manuscripts

General Index

Über Autor(innen)

Elaine Treharne is Professor of Medieval Literature at the University of Leicester. She is the co-editor of The Blackwell Companion to Anglo-Saxon Literature (2001) and of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts and their Heritage (1998), and the author of The Old English Life of St Nicholas with the Old English Life of St Giles (1997). She is also a past editor of the annual Years Work in English Studies.