Old English Literature by Daniel Donoghue
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).
"As a means of aiding students to focus on particular aspects of Old English literature, this can hardly be bettered, and Donoghue's close textual analyses and continued attention to Old English words and phrases are themselves an excellent example to beginners learning how to deal with these texts" TOEBI Newsletter
Daniel Donoghue is a Professor of English at Harvard University specializing in Old English literature. James Simpson is the Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English at Harvard University focusing on late medieval and early modern Western Literature. Nicholas Watson is a Professor of English at Harvard University with research interests in medieval English literature, theology, and intellectual history.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780631234869 |
| ISBN 10 | 0631234861 |
| Title | Old English Literature |
| Author | Daniel Donoghue |
| Series | Wiley Blackwell Introductions To Literature |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Year published | 2004-05-21 |
| Number of pages | 162 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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