Old English Literature A Short Introduction

by Donoghue, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780631234869
• ISBN10: 0631234861
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-21
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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).

Author Biography

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).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	viii
Introduction	ix
List of Abbreviations	xvi
1 The Vow	1	(28)
2 The Hall	29	(27)
3 The Miracle	56	(24)
4 The Pulpit	80	(20)
5 The Scholar	100	(26)
Notes	126	(5)
Further Reading	131	(4)
Index	135