Autor: T. A. Shippey

Beowulf is the oldest and most complete epic poem in any non-Classical European language. Our only manuscript, written in Old English, dates from close to the year 1000. However, the poem remained ef …

Beowulf is the oldest and most complete epic poem in any non-Classical European language. Our only manuscript, written in Old English, dates from close to the year 1000. However, the poem remained ef …

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Studies of the fairy tale describe different interpretations of the form and theories of its origin and transmission. Introduction by Derek Brewer. The aim of this book is to discuss the characterist …

Essays lay the groundwork for a theory of humour in Old English literature. Humour is rarely seen to raise its indecorous head in the surviving corpus of Old English literature, yet the value of read …

Studies of the fairy tale describe different interpretations of the form and theories of its origin and transmission. Introduction by Derek Brewer. The aim of this book is to discuss the characterist …

Old English Verse (1972) covers the whole range of Old English poetry: the heroic poems, notably Beowulf and Malden; the ‘elegies’, such as The Wanderer and The Seafarer; the Bible stories and the li …

Old English Verse (1972) covers the whole range of Old English poetry: the heroic poems, notably Beowulf and Malden; the ‘elegies’, such as The Wanderer and The Seafarer; the Bible stories and the li …