The Longman Anthology of Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures provides a scholarly and accessible introduction to the literature which was the inspiration for many of the heroes of modern popular culture, from The Lord of the Rings to The Chronicles of Narnia, and which set the foundations of the English language and its literature as we know it today.
Edited, translated and annotated by the editors of Beowulf & Other Stories, the anthology introduces readers to the rich and varied literature of Britain, Scandinavia and France of the period in and around the Viking...
The Longman Anthology of Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures provides a scholarly and accessible introduction to the literature...
The editors are to be congratulated upon their success in arraying such an impressive field of internationally-renowned specialists, the scholarly credentials of whom, and hence of the volume to which they have contributed, are unimpeachable. It is approachable by absolute beginners, but those who read it from cover to cover will have accrued a very wide range of knowledge on a variety of material relevant to the study of Old English (and Old Norse) literature. Dr. Richard Dance, University of Cambridge
The editors are to be congratulated upon their success in arraying such an impressive field of internationally-renowned specialists, the scholarly cre...
