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 around ‘figures’ from Anglo-Saxon
culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the
Scholar.
* Situates Old English literary texts within a cultural
framework.
* Creates new connections between different genres, periods and
authors.
* Combines close textual analysis with historical context.
* Based on the author’s many years experience of teaching
Old English literature.
* The author is co-editor with Seamus Heaney of Beowulf: A
Verse Translation (2001) and recently published with Blackwell
Lady Godiva: A Literary History of the Legend (2003).
Table des matières
List of Illustrations.
Introduction.
.
List of Abbreviations.
1. The Vow.
2. The Hall.
3. The Miracle.
4. The Pulpit.
5. The Scholar.
Notes.
Furthur Reading.
Index.
A propos de l’auteur
Daniel Donoghue is the John P. Marquand Professor of English at Harvard University. He is the author of Lady Godiva: A Literary History of the Legend (2003), Style in Old English Poetry (1987) and is co-editor with Seamus Heaney of Beowulf: A Verse Translation (2001).
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