A history of Old English literature / Michael Alexander.
| Author/creator | Alexander, Michael |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press, ©2002. |
| Description | xviii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 1: Perspectives -- What has survived -- Songs and scribes -- The end of heathenism -- The languages of Britain -- 2: England 449-1066: a sketch -- Old English -- Conquest -- Conversion -- Sutton Hoo and warrior society -- Conversion and accommodation -- Bede's Northumbria -- Theodore and a learned church -- Wessex -- The Benedictine revival -- 3: Heroic poetry including Beowulf -- The heroic ethos -- Germanic heroic poetry -- Versification -- Poetic diction -- Formulaic composition -- The uses of poetry -- Beowulf -- 4: The world's wonder: riddles -- Riddles -- Verse wisdom -- 5. Bede and Cædmon -- The ecclesiastical history -- Cædmon -- 6: The poetic elegies -- Wanderer and Seafarer -- Other elegies -- 7: Alfred and old English prose -- The Anglo-Saxon chronicle -- Books most needful -- 8: Verse of the Christian establishment -- Saints' lives: Andreas -- Elene -- Christ -- The dream of the Rood -- 9: The Benedictine revival -- Aelfric's Colloquy -- Aelfric's homilies -- Wulfstan -- Verse of the tenth century -- The battle of Maldon -- 10: Afterwards: Old and middle -- Late prose. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-299). |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Alexander, Michael, 1941- History of Old English literature. Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press, c2002 |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Alexander, Michael, 1941- History of Old English literature. Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press, c2002 |
| LCCN | 2002511475 |
| ISBN | 1551113228 |
| ISBN | 9781551113227 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR173 .A427 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |