Early English Poems
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The Earliest English Poems
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Author : none
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2006-07-27
The Earliest English Poems written by none and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07-27 with Poetry categories.
Anglo-Saxon poetry was produced between 700 and 1000 AD for an audience that delighted in technical accomplishment, and the durable works of Old English verse spring from the source of the English language. Michael Alexander has translated the best of the Old English poetry into modern English and into a verse form that retains the qualities of Anglo-Saxon metre and alliteration. Included in this selection are the ‘heroic poems’ such as Widsith, Deor, Brunanburh and Maldon, and passages from Beowulf; some of the famous ‘riddles’ from The Exeter Book; all the ‘elegies’, including The Ruin, The Wanderer, The Seafarer, The Wife’s Complaint and The Husband’s Message, in which the virtu of Old English is found in its purest and most concentrated form; together with the great Christian poem The Dream of the Rood.
The History Of Early English Literature
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Author : Stopford Augustus Brooke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
The History Of Early English Literature written by Stopford Augustus Brooke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1892 with Anglo-Saxons categories.
Early English Poems
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Author : Henry S. Pancoast
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-12-21
Early English Poems written by Henry S. Pancoast and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-21 with Poetry categories.
Excerpt from Early English Poems: Selected and Edited This change of attitude, which might be illustrated by many similar examples, is assuredly a sign of progress. It is no depreciation of the labor of the scholar, but rather an evidence of its value. It is plain that the researches of the specialist in these fields, minute and contracted as they may have some times seemed, have had a wider influence, a more general significance, than might at first have been supposed. It is plain that these intensive students of the life, language, and literature of early England may be justly compared to those adventurers who press on in the van of immigration, and so open up to civilization regions hitherto inaccessible, or but sparsely settled. In this work of reclamation the translator as well as the pioneer scholar has his place and office. It is better, of course, to read this early literature in the language in which it was written, than to read it in translation, but it is better to read it in a translation, or in a modernized form, than not to read it at all. We may regret that Keats could not read the Iliad in Greek, and we may be thankful at the same time that he did read it in English. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Early English Poetry Ballads And Popular Literature Of The Middle Ages
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Author : Percy Society
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1844
Early English Poetry Ballads And Popular Literature Of The Middle Ages written by Percy Society and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1844 with English literature categories.
Specimens Of The Early English Poets
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Author : George Ellis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1803
Specimens Of The Early English Poets written by George Ellis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1803 with categories.
Companion To Old English Poetry
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Author : Henk Aertsen
language : en
Publisher: Vu University Press
Release Date : 1994
Companion To Old English Poetry written by Henk Aertsen and has been published by Vu University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Literary Criticism categories.
This companion contains original essays by scholars in Britain, the United States, Canada and the Netherlands. In addition to general surveys on the nature of old English poetry and its material context, there are detailed discussions and interpretations of individuals poems: ''Beowulf'' in its Germanic and Christian backgrounds, ''The Wanderer'' and ''The Seafarer'' as wisdom poetry, ''The Dream of the Rood'' and the related religious poetry, the shorter heroic poems, the personal lyric, Biblical narrative poetry, saints' lives and riddles and maxims. The purpose in each case is to stimulate a critical engagement by providing a literary approach and some historical context.
Images Of Community In Old English Poetry
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Author : Hugh Magennis
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1996-10-24
Images Of Community In Old English Poetry written by Hugh Magennis and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-10-24 with History categories.
This book explores ideas of community and of the relationship of individuals to communities widely evident in Old English poetry. It pays particular attention to the context in which major poetic manuscripts of the late Anglo-Saxon period were received, a time when concerns about community appear to have been of special urgency. The book identifies key features of the audience or readership of Old English poetry in this period, and relates the interests of these groups of people to themes reflected in the poetic texts.
Maxims In Old English Poetry
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Author : Paul Cavill
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 1999
Maxims In Old English Poetry written by Paul Cavill and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Literary Criticism categories.
A study of maxims - what they are, why and when they are used - based on detailed investigation of issues, texts and formulas.
The Textuality Of Old English Poetry
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Author : Carol Braun Pasternack
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1995-07-20
The Textuality Of Old English Poetry written by Carol Braun Pasternack and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-07-20 with Foreign Language Study categories.
This study constructs a reading of Old English poetry which takes up issues in poststructuralist theory, including intertextuality, work versus text and the author. The modern reader knows this literature as a discrete number of poems, set up and printed in units punctuated as modern sentences and with titles inserted by modern editors. Carol Braun Pasternack offers an alternative approach which takes into account the format of the verse as it exists in the manuscripts, using the term 'inscribed' to define texts which are situated between oral inheritance and print. In a detailed examination of texts throughout the canon she explores the ways in which readers construct poems in the process of reading and in addition she extends her analysis to the question of authorship, arguing that the texts do not imply an author but rather imply tradition as the source of their authority.
Hero Exile
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Author : Stanley B. Greenfield
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 1989-01-01
Hero Exile written by Stanley B. Greenfield and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
After a distinguished career as a teacher, scholar, bibliographer and literary critic, Stanley Brian Greenfield, Professor of English at the University of Oregon, one of the founders of the annual Anglo-Saxon England and of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, died in 1987. He wrote primarily on Anglo-Saxon topics as well as later English poetry. He deeply explored the Old English poetic corpus, pointing out important meanings and qualities in insightful and sensitive readings. Hero and Exile brings together some of his most important essays, divided into three sections - Beowulfian Studies, The Old English Elegies and The Theme of Exile - attesting to his long and fruitful engagement with Old English literature.