Old English Prose by Paul E Szarmach
With the decline of formalism and its predilection for Old English poetry, Old English prose is leaving the periphery and moving into the center of literary and cultural discussion. The extensive corpus of Old English prose lends many texts of various kinds to the current debates over literary theory and its multiple manifestations. The purpose of this collection is to assist the growing interest in Old English prose by providing essays that help establish the foundations for considered study and offer models and examples of special studies. Both retrospective and current in its examples, this collection can serve as a first book for an introduction to study, particularly suitable for courses that seek to entertain such issues as authorship, texts and textuality, source criticism, genre, and forms of historical criticism as a significant part of a broad, cultural teaching (and research) plan.
Overall, this is an excellent volume and both the series editors (Carl Berkhout, Paul ESzarmach and Joseph B. Trahern, Jr.) and the volume editor (Szarmach) are to be commended for a fine series and a valuable volume on Old English prose. When the final reckoning of contemporary scholars comes, I expect none will be placed above Paul E. Szarmach for the production, promotion and dissemination of the study of Old English prose. -- Michael Fox, University of Western Ontario, The Medieval Review
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| ISBN 13 | 9780815303053 |
| ISBN 10 | 081530305X |
| Title | Old English Prose |
| Author | Paul E Szarmach |
| Series | Basic Readings In Anglo-Saxon England |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Year published | 2000-10-11 |
| Number of pages | 570 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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