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The Cambridge companion to Old English literature

Other Authors: Godden, Malcolm., Lapidge, Michael.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Physical Description: xiii, 298 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
Subjects:
English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism.
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon.
England -- Civilization -- To 1066.
Table of Contents:
  • Anglo-Saxon society and its literature / Patrick Wormald
  • The Old English language / Helmut Gneuss
  • The nature of Old English verse / Donald G. Scragg
  • The nature of Old English prose / Janet Bately
  • Germanic legend in Old English literature / Roberta Frank
  • Heroic values and Christian ethics / Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe
  • Pagan survivals and popular belief / John D. Niles
  • Beowulf / Fred C. Robinson
  • Fatalism and the millennium / Joseph B.
  • Trahern, Jr.
  • Perceptions of transience / Christine Fell
  • Perceptions of eternity / Milton McC. Gatch
  • Biblical literature : the Old Testament / Malcolm Godden
  • Biblical literature : the New Testament / Barbara C. Raw
  • The saintly life in Anglo-Saxon England / Michael Lapidge
  • The world of Anglo-Saxon learning / Patrizia Lendinara.

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