A new critical history of Old English literature / Stanley B. Greenfield and Daniel G. Calder ; with a survey of the Anglo-Latin background by Michael Lapidge.
| Author/creator |
Greenfield, Stanley B. |
| Other author/creator | Calder, Daniel Gillmore. |
| Other author/creator | Lapidge, Michael. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York : New York University Press, ©1986. |
| Description | x, 370 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | The Anglo-Latin background -- The Alfredian translations and related ninth-century texts -- Ælfric, Wulfstan, and other late prose -- Legal and scientific prose -- Some remarks on the nature and quality of Old English poetry -- Secular heroic poetry -- The Christian saint as hero -- Old Testament narrative poetry -- Miscellaneous religious and secular poetry -- Lore and wisdom -- Elegiac poetry. |
| Local note | Little-318256--305131018285. |
| Local note | Little-318256--305131018285. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Bibliography note | Bibliography: p. [305]-360. |
| LCCN | 85025941 |
| ISBN | 0814730027 (alk. paper) : |
| ISBN | 0814730884 (pbk.) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR173 .G732 1986 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |