Old English Literature: A Short Introduction (Blackwell Introductions to Literature)

Blurb

This innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature is structured around what the author calls ‘figures’ from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar.

• An innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature.
• Structured around ‘figures’ from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar.
• Situates Old English literary texts within a cultural framework.
• Creates new connections between different genres, periods and authors.
• Combines close textual analysis with historical context.
• Based on the author’s many years experience of teaching Old English literature.
• The author is co-editor with Seamus Heaney of Beowulf: A Verse Translation (2001) and recently published with Blackwell Lady Godiva: A Literary History of the Legend (2003).