A New Critical History of Old English Literature

Stanley B. Greenfield; Daniel G. Calder

Published by New York University Press 1996

A New Critical History of Old English Literature

Stanley B. Greenfield and Daniel G. Calder

https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814738559.001.0001

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About this book

Anglo-Saxon prose and poetry is, without question, the major literary achievement of the early Middle Ages (c. 700-1100). In no other vernacular language does such a vast store of verbal treasures exist for so extended a period of time. For twenty years the definitive guide to that literature has been Stanley B. Greenfield's 1965 Critical History of Old English Literature. Now this classic has been extensively revised and updated to make it more valuable than ever to both the student and scholar.

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Greenfield Stanley B. :

Stanley B. Greenfield is Professor of English at the University of Oregon.Calder Daniel G. :

Daniel G. Calder is Professor of English and Chairman of the department at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Michael Lapidge is a member of the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celti

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface to the New Edition Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Preface to the Original Edition Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER 1. The Anglo-Latin Background Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
CHAPTER 2. The Alfredian Translations and Related Ninth-Century Texts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
CHAPTER 3. Ælfric, Wulfstan, and Other Late Prose Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
CHAPTER 4. Legal and Scientific Prose Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
CHAPTER 5. Some Remarks on the Nature and Quality of Old English Poetry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
CHAPTER 6. Secular Heroic Poetry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
CHAPTER 7. The Christian Saint as Hero Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
CHAPTER 8. Christ as Poetic Hero Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
CHAPTER 9. Old Testament Narrative Poetry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
CHAPTER 10. Miscellaneous Religious and Secular Poetry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
CHAPTER 11. Lore and Wisdom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
CHAPTER 12. Elegiac Poetry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	280
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
Bibliography of Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361

Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;

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Published: May 1, 1996
ISBN: 9780814738559