The Cambridge Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Literature

ISBN-13: 9780521519472 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 232 str.

Hugh Magennis

Opis

Introducing Anglo-Saxon literature in an approachable way, this is an indispensable guide for students to a key literary topic.

Recenzje

'Hugh Magennis has produced a book that will be extremely useful to any new student or general reader of Anglo-Saxon literature.' Jennifer S. Key, Notes and Queries

Spis treści

1. Approaching Anglo-Saxon literature; 2. Literary traditions; 3. Varieties of narrative; 4. Belief, knowledge, experience: some non-narrative strands; 5. Anglo-Saxon afterlives, medieval to modern: later uses and appropriations of Anglo-Saxon writings; Appendix: resources for studying Anglo-Saxon literature, Bibliography.