| Description |
xiii, 298 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-291) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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England -- Civilization -- To 1066 -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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England. |
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Civilization. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1066 |
| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Indexed Term |
Old English literature |
| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Added Author |
Godden, Malcolm.
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Lapidge, Michael.
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| ISBN |
0521377943 paperback |
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0521374383 hardback |
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