Select translations from Old English poetry
| Main Author: | Cook, Albert S. 1853-1927, |
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| Other Authors: | Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876-1963, |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Old English |
| Published: |
Boston ; New York :
Ginn and Co.,
[©1926]
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| Physical Description: |
xi, 195 pages ; 19 cm. |
| Edition: | Rev. ed. ... |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- I. Epic and historical pieces: Widsith. Selections from Beowulf. The battle of Brunanburh. The battle of Maldon.
- II. Secular lyrics: The seafarer. The wanderer. The ruined city. Deor's lament. A love-letter. The banished wife's complaint. Gnomic verses. Riddles.
- III. Religious lyrics: Cædmon's hymn. Bede's death song. Selections from the Christ. The dream of the rood. Ruthwell cross inscription. Brussels cross inscription.
- IV. Biblical poems: Selections from the Genesis. Selections from the Exodus. Judith.
- V. Saints' legends: Selections from the Andreas. Selections from the Elene.
- VI. Religious mythology: The Phœnix.
- VII. Charms.
- Bibliography: References for students of Old English poetry.
- Appendix I. Selections from the verse-translations of Beowulf.
- Appendix II. The song of Brunanburh.
- Appendix III. Bede's account of the poet Cædmon.
- Appendix IV. Fragment I of the Old Saxon Genesis, and the Old English Genesis, 790-820.
- Index of subjects.