Poems and Prose from the Old English

Poems and Prose from the Old English
ISBN-10
0300069944
ISBN-13
9780300069945
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
225
Language
English
Published
1998-01-01
Publisher
Yale University Press
Author
Charles Osborne

Description

In this restructured and greatly expanded version of Burton Raffel's out-of-print classic, Poems from the Old English, Raffel and co-editor Alexandra H. Olsen place the oldest English writings in a different perspective. Keeping the classroom teacher's needs foremost in mind, Raffel and Olsen organize the major old English poems (except Beowulf) and new prose selections so as to facilitate both reading and studying. A general introduction provides an up-to-date and detailed historical account of the Anglo-Saxon period, and concise introductions open the literature sections of the book and many of the translations.

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