This innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature is structured around what the author calls 'figures' from Anglo--Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar. * An innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature. * Structured ...
The chapter also talks about two books that trace how attitudes towards Old English literature shifted over the first fifty years. They are English Literature from the Beginning to the Norman Conquest and The Literature of the Anglo-Saxons. The explosion in the criticism of Old English literature...
Old English Poetry There are several other extant manuscripts written in the Old English language. One of these is called the Junius mauscript. It contains a poem by Caedmon called Caedmon's Hymn. This is believed to be the oldest surviving work of Anglo-Saxon literature, Caedmon was an illi...
( 849--991)---In old English literature, he is an important figure and the only honored as “the Great” ---A foundation stone of English history is the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which was begun by Alfred or under his direction ---the King made or directed the many important translations...
Biblical literature: the New Testament and a further five chapters have been revised and updated, including those on the Old English language, perceptions of eternity and Anglo-Saxon learning. ... M Godden 被引量: 1发表: 2013年 OldEnglishLiteratureandtheOldTestamented.byMichaelFoxandManishSharma(...
and in canonical literature. The essays address, correct, and round out the nineteenth-century Anglo-Saxon critical tradition and begin fresh exploration of the women in Old English literature.The subjects discussed fall into the following broad categories: the historical record; sexuality and folklore...
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014 black′ let′ter n. a type in a style like that of early European hand lettering and the earliest printed books. Also called ...
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根据后文“When standing in front of the shelves of books in English literature, which are the most valuable ones we should digest? Firstly, we need to know who the most important writers are and what their important literary works are.(当我们站在英国文学的书架前,哪一本是我们最应该消化的?
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